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2 unusual facts about Boston Public Schools


Deborah Meier

In 1996 Meier moved to Boston where she became the founding principal of a small K-8 pilot school, Mission Hill School, within the Boston Public Schools system.

Martha M. Walz

Walz became Assistant Director of Human Resources for the Boston Public Schools in 2000 and continued to work in this position until 2003.


Ruth Batson

While representing the NAACP in local, regional and national capacities, her most renowned accomplishment occurred in the early 1960s when she led the challenge to the Boston Public School system for educational equality for African American students in Boston.


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Barbara E. McGann

After her retirement from the naval service, McGann served as Executive Director of the American Red Cross of Rhode Island, assistant superintendent of the Boston Public Schools and CEO of the Marlborough (Mass.) Public Schools, and was the executive director of the Advanced Math and Science Academy in Marlborough, Mass.

Joe Banner

In 2001, Banner received a "PARTNERS Leadership Award" from the University of Pennsylvania for his extensive community service, including volunteer activities reading to students in the Boston public schools and spending time with severely ill children in the Boston Children's Hospital.

Wesley Coe

He began his education in the Boston public schools and subsequently attended preparatory schools, including Noble and Greenough School in Boston.