Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School >Published: 7/8/2021 9:48:28 AM
I followed with interest your recent articles on the union dispute at Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School, as well as on the Laroche twins and their successes. (“Protest as charter school axes half its teachers,” June 25, and “Twins’ ‘Two-ition’ fund nears $30K in donations,” June 29). I was principal at PFSJ for three years, and was a founding science teacher at the school, so I know the community very well.
Having a charter focused on social justice was never easy. We deeply explored and questioned ideas of racism in education, and in society more generally, long before the killing of George Floyd and other high-profile acts of racism.
HOLYOKE The pilgrimage of Holyoke twins Angela and Thamarre Laroche from poverty in Haiti to four-year scholarships to Howard University has been as arduous as it is remarkable. And it’s not over yet.Getting into college is tough enough,.