Calm Before Me

  The $665 Million Question: Boston’s "Ghost" School Budget Boston is at a crossroads. As the city enters the latest round of hearings for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Long-Term Facilities Plan (LTFP) , the numbers on the page have started to tell a story that doesn't quite add up. If you look at the latest Capital Budget, you’ll see two trends moving in opposite directions—and a massive, unexplained sum of money sitting right in the middle. 1. The Immediate Pullback At a time when our aging school buildings are in desperate need of repair, immediate spending is actually shrinking . Current spending for the upcoming year has dropped 16% compared to FY26. While the city may argue this is "fiscal discipline," for the families dealing with HVAC failures and crumbling infrastructure today, it feels like a retreat. 2. The $665 Million "Black Box" While today's spending is down, the "future" projections have exploded by 49% . This growth is...

Enough is Enough: The BPS Transportation Crisis is Stealing Our Children’s Future & Why BPS Transportation is a Documented Disaster For a decade, I’ve stood at bus stops in South Boston. What began as "first-week jitters" in K2 has devolved into a permanent, systemic breakdown. This past Tuesday, I stood before the City Council at the Emergency Hearing on BPS Transportation to testify to this reality. But I haven't just been vocal this week; I have been a persistent voice for many years, demanding that BPS stop treating our children as an afterthought. No More Broken Promises In October, during Mayor Wu’s "State of the Schools" address, the message from the city was one of progress. But for the parents on the ground, the reality is far different. No more broken promises. Our children need to be in school on time, not hours late. It is completely unacceptable that in 2026, we are still hearing the same excuses we heard in 2018. A "State of the Schools...