The Back to School signs are everywhere — above the notebooks, the clothes, the backpacks. Parents and students are on that late summer cusp, when denial is still an option.
But for the Boston Public Schools — for the teachers, administrators, and staff — denial is never an option. The school system faces a new year of — if not crisis — at the very least, multiple uncertainties.
The current student assignment plan appears to have resulted in the resegregation of some schools. The issue of adjusting school start times remains unresolved. Laura Perille, the former head of an education nonprofit, was named interim superintendent at the end of June, ending the turbulent tenure of Tommy Chang but leaving unresolved the issue of a permanent replacement.
Oh, and the department’s contract with the Boston Teachers Union expires at the end of the month, with no one anticipating an on-time resolution.