Brockton Kids Count, Brockton Kids Count — that’s what 40-plus students chanted while holding posters and signs outside the State House on Thursday morning.
Busloads of stakeholders from Brockton Public Schools went to Beacon Hill in a “Rolling Rally” to support a state Senate bill that would significantly revise the foundation budget formula, to bring a more fair share of local education funding to the economically disadvantaged city.
Students were joined by school officials, staff, administrators, School Committee members, parents and other city residents to support a vote for Senate Bill 2325, authored by state Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz, D-Boston, “An Act Modernizing the Foundation Budget for the 21st Century.”