Ongoing

I started this blog on December 16th, 2008 hoping to shed some light on Gloucester's charter school debate. 10 plus months later, I have gone from opposing a specific charter that would greatly affect my schools and my city, to wondering how anyone can have faith in the Massachusetts charter application process.

If this is your first time visiting this site, I encourage you to read some key posts to help you get up to speed with the current debacle that is Secretary Reville's February 5th e-mail. Do not be fooled by the Secretary's insistence that this e-mail was taken out of context. From where I sit in Gloucester with two children attending public school and one soon to be attending, the context is very clear--it is the city of Gloucester that the Secretary intended to throw under the bus.

1. Why the People of Gloucester Should Ask the State to Reject the GCA Charter Proposal

2. Open Letter to the People of Gloucester

3. Office Urged Nixing Charter

4. Oversight Hearing--June 8, 2009, Gloucester, MA

5. Reville's Bitter Pill E-mail

If you are reading this and have become incensed by this particular chain of events and how the process affects children in Massachusetts, take a minute to send a letter to your local newspaper, to the Globe, to Commissioner Chester, to Governor Patrick and to Secretary Reville himself.

The Boston Globe
Letters to the Editor
Boston Globe
P.O. Box 55819
Boston, MA
02205-5819

or

Boston Globe

Commissioner Mitchell Chester
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148

or

Commissioner Chester's E-mail Address

Governor Deval Patrick
Office of the Governor
Office of the Lt. Governor
Room 280
Boston, MA 02133

Governor Patrick's E-mail Address

Secretary Reville's E-mail Address

Letters matter. Our voices matter. Change matters.

Thank you for reading.

Sincerely,

Jane Cunningham