Massachusetts Parents United

07/08/2023

REPOST‼️ "All Power to the People! The Black Panther Party of San Diego would like to invite you to come out to our FREE store this Saturday! We have various basic need items available to help community members make ends meet. We will also have free burritos! 🌯 Stop by and grab what you need!" ❤️

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01/22/2022

Please join us this Tuesday to discuss the current child care crisis. We can't make necessary changes without parents at the table!

08/27/2021

07/13/2021

A statement from MPU on the newly formed “Parents United”. We’ve been fighting for safer neighborhoods, more affordable housing, better food security, and higher quality education since 2016. We are not affiliated with Parents United.

04/08/2021

Did you know that you can support MPU every time you purchase an item on Amazon? It's so simple!

When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate to Massachusetts Parents United Inc.. Support us every time you shop.

04/01/2021

Statement from Massachusetts Parents United regarding today's decision to issue "pandemic" diplomas.

03/29/2021

Why are Boston Public Schools asking parents to donate money for "reopening supplies" after receiving $500 million in additional state and federal funding?

03/09/2021

New guidance from the Department of Secondary and Elementary Education regarding school reopening for 5 days a week has just been released. The deadlines for reopening are posted below.

This guidance also also details the waiver process. Schools will be allowed to file for a waiver, but they must ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATE why a waiver should be granted.

There will be rapid response teams dispatched to help districts deal with distancing issues and HVAC issues should they be severe in nature so that they will be able to go to 5 days within a two week period under most circumstances. There will be no blanket waivers issued (I.E. We'll go back full time starting in the fall!) and waivers will only be extended beyond two weeks in extraordinary circumstances.

Hybrid will no longer be an option for districts. REMOTE LEARNING WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN OPTION FOR PARENTS WHO ARE NOT YET COMFORTABLE RETURNING TO SCHOOL.

All districts will be REQUIRED to survey parents and families asking what parents want to do and submit this with the waiver request.

Parents ABSOLUTELY MUST MOBILIZE to ensure that families are filling out these surveys to ensure their voices are heard. They will not just be taking the word of the district when it comes to what the community wants. This was intentionally built in to ensure that the voices of parents and families are heard in this process and politics is removed.

Again, parents will retain the right to keep their child in a remote option if they are not comfortable with reopening.

02/12/2021

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3714664581902208&id=100000761070896

Join us for a town hall on February at 8pm ET! Parents, experts, and advocates from across the country will tune in to share thoughts and hear different perspectives around the future of our kids' education.

We're building ! RSVP: https://bit.ly/3cLeykc

01/13/2021

Happy 1 Year Anniversary MPU’s Director of Policy & Organizing Natasha Megie-Maddrey! It’s been an incredible year of pivoting, hard work and success! Thank you for all that you’ve accomplished!