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With the promised funding from the landmark education bill that was signed into law before the COVID pandemic hit is still up in the air, Revere students and parents on Tuesday called for the state to fully fund the Student Opportunity Act Funding (SOA).
During a virtual press conference hosted by the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance on Tuesday students, parents, and school committee members from cities across Massachusetts discussed their school funding needs, their perspectives on in-person school reopening this spring, and their aspirations for education this summer and during the upcoming school year.
Both Nada Abou Hadiba, a Revere Public Schools student, and Ina Tall, a Revere Public School Parent Leader and Program Coordinator of Women Encouraging Empowerment testified at the virtual press conference and shared their thoughts.