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Short of that kind of compromise, whites in South Boston seemed determined to continue their boycott of the schools. They were encouraged in their action by Boston School Superintendent William J. Leary's refusal to enforce truancy laws, which include provisions to fine adults who are keeping children out of school. "If you are fearful of putting your children's lives in danger by putting them on a bus," he once told a group of mothers and students, "be my guest down at the beach." At week's end, however, the state commissioner of education ordered Leary...
...Boston Globe reported yesterday that opponents of forced busing also demonstrated in the Hyde Park section of Boston and that attendance in the public schools in that area was well below normal in observance of the boycott...
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Opponents of forced busing have also called on whites to boycott schools citywide. The Boston School Department reported that attendance in Boston schools was 51 per cent of the normal total and that only 154 students attended South Boston High School Friday--10 per cent of the school's total enrollment...
Since the opening of school, there has been scattered violence in Boston schools, aand a boycott of South Boston schools in particular. Attendance had reached near-normal levels in Boston schools before Friday in other parts of the city, but attendance in South Boston High had peaked at only one-third normal levels...