Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...elected body is more democratic, despite the struggles with Flynn. O'Reilley argues, "A School Committee elected by districts is the type of group that will make noise...The School Committee should be the community's advocate for education, [even if] there may be an adversarial relationship [with the mayor...
...mayor and other proponents of the plan say that individual School Committee members have used the issue of minority involvement to obscure the real reasons for their opposition...
...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...
...Mayor and the School Committee...
...while the School Committee continues to remain an elective body, the mayor is considering placing a referendum on the ballot next November that would change the current system. Until then, however, the mayor and his advisers continue to use the dispute about the desegregation plan to highlight their objections to the current School Committee...