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Description:
Leader: F1 School Committee Kerrigan Plan #7010 1/14/74; Boston school committee meeting. Chairman John Kerrigan on busing plans and METCO. Silent b-roll of the meeting and more of Kerrigan's statement to the committee.
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
01/14/1974
Description:
"Leader: "P2 School Comm. Probe #8081 5-1-74"; John Kerrigan speaks to the School Committee about unfair representation in the news media; silent b-roll of a school committee hearing; members of the committee discussion Fin Com investigations into testimonial funds."
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
05/01/1974
Description:
Hope Kelly reports that the Boston School Committee voted to restructure the student assignment system in the Boston Public Schools. She notes that the rigid geocode assignment system will be eliminated. School Committee members Thomas O'Reilly and Juanita Wade drafted a general plan that was accepted by the Committee. Some Committee members had reservations about the plan. Footage of the Boston School Committee meeting. Committee member John Nucci superintendent Dr. Laval Wilson speak out in favor of the plan. Committee member Jean McGuire criticizes the plan. Interview with Committee member John O'Bryant, who cautions the Committee not to act hastily. The members of the Committee vote on the plan. Three of the four minority members of the Committee voted against the plan. Interview with Wilson about the plan. Wilson says that he will work to resolve the concerns of Committee members who voted against the plan. The specifics of the plan have yet to be decided.
1:00:11: Visual: Shots of the members of the Boston School Committee seated at the front of the School Committee chambers during a meeting. Audience members are crowded into the room. Hope Kelly notes that the audience was packed into the chambers of the Boston School Committee for a meeting tonight. Kelly notes that the School Committee voted to eliminate the rigid geocode system of student placement. V: Footage of John Nucci (President, Boston School Committee) saying that the city has been waiting for a new plan for a long time. Footage of Dr. Laval Wilson (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that it is time for a change. Kelly notes that some School Committee members had reservations. V: Footage of Jean McGuire (Boston School Committee) saying that the new plan will restructure the school system. McGuire adds that the new plan does not implement great improvements. McGuire notes that the schools will still lack adequate foreign language programs, music programs, advanced studies programs, and computer access. McGuire says that the schools lack adequate funding. Kelly reports that some members were concerned about the hasty implementation of the new plan. V: Footage of John O'Bryant (Boston School Committee) saying that the city of Seattle has taken two full years to implement a similar plan; that the city of Boston needs to take its time. Kelly reports that School Committee members Thomas O'Reilly and Juanita Wade drafted a general plan; that the plan was approved by the members. V: Shots of Nucci, O'Reilly and Wade conferring before the vote. Shots of the School Committee members casting their votes for the plan. Kelly reports that ten members voted to approve the plan; that the plan was rejected by three of the four minority members of the School Committee. V: Footage of Kelly interviewing Wilson. Kelly asks if the vote broke down along racial lines. Wilson says that there was biracial support for the plan; that some African American members of the committee voiced concern over the plan. Wilson says that he will work to resolve those concerns before he returns to the School Committee with recommendations. Kelly stands in the School Committee chambers. Kelly reports that tonight's vote was an endorsement of a general plan; that the specifics of the plan have yet to be decided. Kelly notes that Wilson has until January to work out the specifics of the plan. V: Shot of School Committee members seated in the chambers.
1:00:11: Visual: Shots of the members of the Boston School Committee seated at the front of the School Committee chambers during a meeting. Audience members are crowded into the room. Hope Kelly notes that the audience was packed into the chambers of the Boston School Committee for a meeting tonight. Kelly notes that the School Committee voted to eliminate the rigid geocode system of student placement. V: Footage of John Nucci (President, Boston School Committee) saying that the city has been waiting for a new plan for a long time. Footage of Dr. Laval Wilson (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools) saying that it is time for a change. Kelly notes that some School Committee members had reservations. V: Footage of Jean McGuire (Boston School Committee) saying that the new plan will restructure the school system. McGuire adds that the new plan does not implement great improvements. McGuire notes that the schools will still lack adequate foreign language programs, music programs, advanced studies programs, and computer access. McGuire says that the schools lack adequate funding. Kelly reports that some members were concerned about the hasty implementation of the new plan. V: Footage of John O'Bryant (Boston School Committee) saying that the city of Seattle has taken two full years to implement a similar plan; that the city of Boston needs to take its time. Kelly reports that School Committee members Thomas O'Reilly and Juanita Wade drafted a general plan; that the plan was approved by the members. V: Shots of Nucci, O'Reilly and Wade conferring before the vote. Shots of the School Committee members casting their votes for the plan. Kelly reports that ten members voted to approve the plan; that the plan was rejected by three of the four minority members of the School Committee. V: Footage of Kelly interviewing Wilson. Kelly asks if the vote broke down along racial lines. Wilson says that there was biracial support for the plan; that some African American members of the committee voiced concern over the plan. Wilson says that he will work to resolve those concerns before he returns to the School Committee with recommendations. Kelly stands in the School Committee chambers. Kelly reports that tonight's vote was an endorsement of a general plan; that the specifics of the plan have yet to be decided. Kelly notes that Wilson has until January to work out the specifics of the plan. V: Shot of School Committee members seated in the chambers.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/28/1988
Description:
SCHOOL COMMITTEE HEARING ON HEMENWAY AND PHILBRICK SCHOOLS, PARENTS, SIGNS. JOHN NUCCI, JOHN GRADY.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
01/29/1985
Description:
School Committee unable to gather quorum to solve school closing controversy. John O'Bryant, Nucci, Abigail Browne.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
08/23/1989
Description:
Boston City Council votes to eliminate School Committee as an elected body. James Byrne, Albert O'Neil, Rosaria Salerno, John Grady.
Collection:
Ten O'Clock News
Date Created:
12/05/1990
Description:
Leader: P1 School Hours #6998 1/13/74 (shot 1/12); Silent footage of students inside a school. A bus stop picks up kids in the dark. Interview with Boston school superintendent William J. Leary about daylight savings and children safety. [More of the interview with Leary in Acc. 2394.01808]
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
01/12/1974
Description:
Leader: P1 School Imbalance Feature (Holland Sch.) #7069 1/21/74; Exterior footage of the John P. Holland School. Interview with a woman (Miss O'Brien) about how the school district balances the student populations of the schools. A teachers writes on a chalkboard, students listen and participate in class, a teacher reads to the students, a girl hands out cookies to her classmates. More of the interview with O'Brien about how the Holland school opened the year racially balanced but changed through the year as families moved. More classroom footage.
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
01/21/1974
Description:
Leader: Event #12 - P1 School Indictments #10383 11/1/74; FBI officers walk a young man in handcuffs into an elevator, FBI sign, and men (FBI agents or federal prosecutors) answers phones and working at desks. Interview with a federal prosecutor about indictments for the violence in the schools arising from school desegregation.
Collection:
WCVB Collection
Date Created:
11/01/1974
