http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/03/boston-schools WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/03/boston-schools/comment-page-1#comment-346 Josie Patterson Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:07:40 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=5350#comment-346 The Boston Globe reported that Menino will oversee picking the new coaches - supported by an infrastructure of funding from a foundation related to one of the biggest construction companies in Boston. The confluence of construction, athletics and politics all in the name of helping kids is nauseating. How crass that during and election year Menino stoops to this kind of activity. The superintendent of schools should oversee the disbursement of funds in the schools, and have the final say in the budget; of course money is needed for athletics, as I am sure it is for many academic and enrichment activities, but why does Menino himself get to hand out the goodies? And what does he (or Suffolk Construction) know about physical education in schools? I don't live in Boston and don't have kids in school there, but I feel for the community of parents and students who always seem under siege by the political and economic agendas of others.Are there any journalists investigating this, or even questioning it? The Boston Globe reported that Menino will oversee picking the new coaches – supported by an infrastructure of funding from a foundation related to one of the biggest construction companies in Boston. The confluence of construction, athletics and politics all in the name of helping kids is nauseating. How crass that during and election year Menino stoops to this kind of activity. The superintendent of schools should oversee the disbursement of funds in the schools, and have the final say in the budget; of course money is needed for athletics, as I am sure it is for many academic and enrichment activities, but why does Menino himself get to hand out the goodies? And what does he (or Suffolk Construction) know about physical education in schools? I don’t live in Boston and don’t have kids in school there, but I feel for the community of parents and students who always seem under siege by the political and economic agendas of others.Are there any journalists investigating this, or even questioning it?

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