By Cam Jandrow Worcester
SHARE This is a problem, and this is an institutional problem. We re not going to be able to change it by going to school committee and asking them to change it, said Worcester Interfaith Executive Director Isabel Gonzalez-Webster, who believes the city s at-large election system for school committee limits the voice and the power of minorities in the city.
Worcester Interfaith teamed up with other advocacy groups, like the NAACP, and are pursuing legal action to change it.
Attorney Brian Alosco is representing Worcester Interfaith, and said, Worcester is the last large city in Massachusetts that has an at-large, plurality school committee election system. Other cities have come with the times to change the system to be more representative and equitable.
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