FOUR DAYS OF ACTION for Equitable Exam Schools Starts with TWO MINUTES NOW: Email Mayor, Superintendent, School Committee and City Council with a few clicks

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The Boston School Committee will be taking a historic vote on a new, permanent Exam School Admissions Policy THIS WEDNESDAY, and they need to hear from YOU today.

They will have a choice between the Exam School Task Force's original recommendation, which was developed through a rigorous four-month, data-driven public process and informed by the voices of hundreds of citizens like you, OR a plan forced on them in the shadows by a secret group of City Councilors, who held the budget for all 53,000 BPS students hostage in order to insert a rejected provision that would only benefit a tiny handful of the privileged. It's a choice between the open voice of the people and the whispers of a few backroom power brokers. A choice between democracy and corruption. And you only have a few short days left to weigh in with your choice before they vote.

Click here to go to our easy letter-writing tool and send a personal email to each member of Boston's School Committee, the Superintendent, the Mayor, your District Councilor, and all four At-Large City Councilors with a few quick keystrokes. You can do it in under a minute! Or you can take a little more time and include a personal message to tell them exactly why it's so important to you that they vote to approve the Task Force's original recommendation: 100% of seats distributed by rank in socioeconomic tiers.

Last week, over a thousand advocates like you from across Boston made their voices heard by signing our petition and by emailing and calling decision-makers in support of the Task Force's original recommendation. Although reporters had written it off, through the power of joining our voices in solidarity, the 100% recommendation is now officially back on the table. Thank you for your advocacy! But we still have A LOT of work to do together before Wednesday to get it approved and enacted.

HERE'S WHAT YOUR CAN DO TODAY and for the rest of this pivotal week:

  • RIGHT NOW, we're going to need you and EVERYONE IN YOUR NETWORK to take a minute to click here to email Boston's decision makers to demand the 100% recommendation be approved.

    • Let's make some noise! Opponents of change have been mobilizing, but together we can raise our voices to a level that decision makers can't ignore!!

    • CIrculate this letter widely via email and share the link to the letter-writing tool on social media using hashtags #bospoli and #KeepIt100.

  • MONDAY, take 5 minutes to CALL the Mayor (617-635-3510), Superintendent (617-635-9050), and School Committee (617-635-9014) to tell them that you want them to #KeepIt100

    • Your message can be as simple as this: "I support the Exam School Admissions Task Force's ORIGINAL recommendation: 100% of seats distributed by rank in socioeconomic tiers. It's the most equitable option and I urge the School Committee to VOTE to approve this admission plan on Wednesday evening."

  • TUESDAY, we're going to need you and EVERYONE IN YOUR NETWORK to sign up to testify at the School Committee meeting before Wednesday's vote.

    • We will send you a reminder with the link for testimony as soon as it's made public.

    • We'll also include some talking points to help you with your testimony. Remember, you don't have to use the whole two minutes if you don't want to. Just a sentence or two in support of the 100% recommendation will go a long way towards showing the widespread support for equitable admissions.

  • WEDNESDAY, keep up the pressure on social media and keep organizing your networks to SPEAK UP in support of the Task Force's original 100% recommendation.

Follow us on Twitter @BosEdEquity and visit our website for updates throughout the week. Email us with any questions or with contact info for anyone we should add to this distribution list.

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your continued advocacy on this issue. TOGETHER, we can deliver this historic vote for EQUITY in Boston. A few minutes over the next few days could mean we achieve the change Boston's been demanding FOR DECADES this Wednesday. Let's start NOW!