Boston City Council

Erin J. Murphy

Councilor - At - Large

Ishare the discouragement felt by so many parents and families this week upon learning of Boston Public School’s error in calculating student GPAs to determine student eligibility for our three exam schools.

I am also disappointed to learn that BPS appears to not have the ability to implement its new and complex exam school admission policy in an efficient, transpar- ent way. We learned this week that notices of admission will not be sent out to families until May, at the earliest. For decades, exam school placements were delivered every