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Ten O'Clock News; Citywide Parents Council
02/20/1990
Meg Vaillancourt reports that members of the Citywide Parents Council have criticized the Boston School Committee's decision to release superintendent Laval Wilson from his contract. Press conference with Council members Jackie van Leeuwen and Glenola Mitchell. Van Leeuwen says that School Committee members acted unethically and unfairly in firing Wilson. Mitchell says that she believes that race played a role in Wilson's firing. School Committee members were critical of Wilson's communication skills, but rated him as fair or better in all other categories. School Committee members deny that race played a role in the firing. Parents are demanding a voice in the selection of Wilson's successor. Vaillancourt adds that the School Committee has been forced to cut back on spending and that money will be tight for the next year. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of a Boston School Committee meeting and footage of Wilson speaking to the media.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Citywide Parents Council
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:03:14
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- School superintendents
- Boston (Mass.). School Committee
- Press conferences
- Race relations
- School boards
- Locations
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Vaillancourt, Meg (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Citywide Parents Council,” 02/20/1990, GBH Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FF8C38D66AD741EF9EE3CD3B052BDE4A.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Citywide Parents Council.” 02/20/1990. GBH Archives. Web. July 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FF8C38D66AD741EF9EE3CD3B052BDE4A>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Citywide Parents Council. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_FF8C38D66AD741EF9EE3CD3B052BDE4A