The Standard Times - April 7, 2013
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130407/OPINION/304070308/
Les T. Hull lives in New Bedford.
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As a parent in New Bedford I am concerned about the New Bedford Public Schools District. There have been positive changes like making attendance a priority and the hiring of Dr. Pia Durkin. The proposals of the innovation schools are also a positive.
This could be an amazing time in our city's history. It's a time when two schools can show how we can bring the arts and physical education back into the schools (like when most of us were in school) and how to better integrate English and Spanish into the curriculum teaching them concurrently to both Spanish-only- and English-only-speaking students. Our children will not only learn but be prepared to meet the challenges of today and the future by knowing two languages.
This is a time where we can decide to move forward, to make New Bedford a place where families want to come and live and flourish. Voting "YES" for the innovation schools gives hope to all the families that call New Bedford home.
