Depending on whom you listen to, an elected Boston School Committee would return democratic control of the schools to parents or return corruption and political chaos to the school department.
City councilors heard a multitude of perspectives during a hearing held last week by Education Committee Chairwoman Annissa Essaibi-George that probed the ideal structure for the school committee.
“The guiding question here is whether another governing structure could lead to more accountability for actions of our school committee members and whether we should have that mechanism here in Boston,” said Jose Lopez, who heads the NAACP Boston Branch’s education committee.