WHAT I HAVE learned as a Boston Public Schools teacher for the last 14 years is that my teaching has to be consistently scrutinized by the administration to make sure I am held accountable for my actions: how I design my classes, how I respond to my students and their caregivers, how I keep my records and logs. Even though the system can be cumbersome, I understand that I have to be held accountable as a teacher and a city employee because inadequate teaching can be damaging to youth.
With this in mind, I question the recently announced proposal under BuildBPS to close both Urban Science and West Roxbury Academies, two high schools located at the West Roxbury Education Complex (WREC).