Stop the proposal to turn the Dearborn 6-12 Academy into a Horace Mann charter school. This includes:
1. Cancellation of the scheduled September 17, 2014 vote on the charter school proposal.
2. Relocation of the School Committee hearing currently scheduled for September 10, 2014 to a site in the Roxbury community.
3. Consideration of other options, including those developed and informed by stakeholder input.
Why is this important?
Ten years ago, the parents, teachers, and community of the Dearborn school came together to rehabilitate a crumbling school building that had been neglected for decades. Together they created the Dearborn 6-12 STEM Early College Academy plan to address the physical plant of the building and the academic needs of the students of Roxbury to prepare them for success in the 21st century. This plan was approved in the spring of 2012, and ground was broken on June 19, 2014. Now the entire project is at risk despite Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's October 2013 promise to “unequivocally support the Dearborn Project through to completion.” The Dearborn community members deserve the fulfillment of this promise.
