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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1986-05-06
Duration: 00:20:45
Subject: School boards; School management and organization; School superintendents
People: Browne, Abigail; Burke, Daniel; Casper, Joseph; Donlan, William; Grady, John; Hamlin, Barb; Hicks, Shirley Owens; McCluskey, Kevin; McGuire, Jean; Nucci, John; O'Bryant, John; O'Reilly, Thomas; Vaillancourt, Meg; Wade, Juanita; Walsh-Tomasini, Rita; Wilson, Dr. Laval; Winter, Edward;
Clip Description
The Boston School Committee holds a meeting to discuss a school consolidation plan proposed by Laval Wilson (Superintendent, Boston Public Schools). The School Committee listens to comments from audience members. Four audience members speak out against the school consolidation plan. Several members of the audience hold signs protesting the school consolidation plan. Wilson addresses the School Committee. He talks about the need to consolidate school facilities. Wilson says that the Boston School Department must repair and renovate the schools that remain open. The members of the School Committee discuss the proposal. John Grady (Boston School Committee) asks questions about Wilson's alternative proposal for school consolidation. Wilson talks about the school budget. He says that the School Department will need to cut back on programs if school consolidation fails. The School Committee members vote on the proposal. The proposal is voted down, 10 to 3. Wilson's alternative proposal fails, 12 to 1. The audience cheers.
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
