Location: Worcester, MA The Worcester School Committee’s Standing Committee on Teaching, Learning and Student Supports will hold its next meeting on a proposed Sex Education curriculum for the Worcester Public Schools on Monday, April 26 at 5:30 pm. The Zoom information for this meeting has not been posted, but you may obtain the link for the meeting by calling the School Committee Office at (508) 799-3032. Proposals for the curriculum contain very explicit and age inappropriate information beginning in Kindergarten. You can see the curriculum for each grade of the available program at: http://3rs.org/3rs-curriculum/3rs-curric-search/. If these matters are of concern to you, please consider watching the meeting and commenting as well as calling Mayor Joseph M. Petty (at 508-799-1153 or mayor@worcesterma.gov), John L. Foley (at 508-335-2307 or JFoley@worcesterschools.net), Molly O. McCullough (at 774-502-8731 or Mcculloughm@worcesterschools.net) , and John F.
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Worcester agrees to change method of electing school committee after lawsuit alleges current practice dilutes voice of Latino, Black voters
Updated Apr 14, 2021;
The city of Worcester has agreed to change the way it elects members to the school committee after a lawsuit alleged the current practice dilutes the vote of Latino and Black residents.
Officials have announced that the city will not fight the lawsuit and instead will change to a system that is viewed as more equitable, according to a news release. Currently, school committee members are elected via an “at large” method.
Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty announced the city would change its method Tuesday night after a discussion of the lawsuit by the City Council in executive session, according to Lawyers for Civil Rights.
Worcester decides not to fight federal voting rights lawsuit
April 14, 2021
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WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) The Worcester City Council decided not to fight a lawsuit brought by city residents of color who alleged that the at-large system for electing school committee members is discriminatory and violates federal law.
Mayor Joseph Petty said following the 8-2 vote Tuesday, the city will instead seek approval from the state Legislature to change the school committee s electoral process, The Telegram & Gazette reported.
A coalition including the Worcester branch of the NAACP sued the city in federal court in February, alleging the use of an at-large system for all seats on the Worcester School Committee dilutes the voting power of minority voters and violates the federal Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution.