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...conflict between the School Department and the mayor goes deeper than this one student assignment plan. Flynn has virtually declared war on the Boston School Department and was quoted as saying, "We're talking about fundamental reform, and I'm taking it forward. And I'm not finished. I want school-based management. I'm for real reform. I know its going to rock the system. And after that, I want a serious review of how the School Committee is elected...
...Flynn has even proposed selling the School Department building at 26 Court Street, where most bureaucrats in the system work...
...Flynn's advisor Guiney believes the school system bureaucracy is opposing the controlled choice plan because the workers think their jobs are being threatened. She says, "Name any bureaucracy. They don't like to change. I bet Harvard University doesn't even like to change...
This debate about the bureaucratic opposition to the desegregation plan is closely linked to Flynn's ongoing battle with the elected School Committee...
...Flynn recently created an advisory panel to look into whether the School Committee members should continue to be elected, and that body concluded that an appointed school board would more effectively serve Boston's educational interests...