Hundreds of teachers, parents, and students rallied on Boston Common Thursday evening for more school funding and then marched in the streets, cheering, clapping, and tooting horns.
The rally topped off an afternoon of events that featured a separate march of more than 100 advocates who snaked their way through the State House, chanting “Fund our future.” They delivered hundreds of letters and petitions with more than 20,000 signatures to legislative leaders and the governor calling for millions of additional dollars for local school systems and public higher education.
Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teachers Union, said overhauling the state’s 26-year-old school funding formula is long overdue.