Federal Agency Finds Burlington Schools Violated Parental Rights
BURLINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education has determined that Burlington Public Schools failed to honor parents' requests to exempt their children from a survey they found objectionable, a violation of parental rights, according to a Patch report published Friday. The finding lands as the district's fall calendar takes shape and Marshall Simonds Middle School students earn recognition for a statewide civics project.
TOWN HALL Burlington's town website is highlighting an explainer on what May's Annual Town Meeting means for residents, walking through how the warrant results approved that spring will shape town operations in the months ahead.
SCHOOLS Marshall Simonds Middle School students are being recognized for bringing history to life through a statewide civics challenge, part of the civic-education work the district has spotlighted this summer, according to the district's news page.
COMMUNITY & ARTS Burlington held a community mental health awareness night this summer titled "You Are Not Alone," bringing residents together in support of one another, per the town's news page.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Federal Agency Says Burlington Schools Violated Parental Rights" — the U.S. Department of Education concluded Burlington Public Schools did not honor parents' requests to exclude their children from a survey they considered inappropriate, according to Burlington Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/burlington/federal-agency-says-burlington-schools-violated-parental-rights)
COMING UP Burlington's town and school calendars fill in over the coming week: the Burlington Government Review Committee meets Tuesday, Aug. 4; Marshall Simonds Middle School holds grade 6 meet-and-greets on Aug. 4 and Aug. 6; the Conservation Commission convenes Wednesday, Aug. 5, alongside a Community Safety Night; and the Planning Board meets Thursday, Aug. 6.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.