Ahead of the oncoming storm, Mayor Thomas Menino has canceled schools in Boston Friday.
Boston Public Schools will be closed on Friday, Feb. 8 because of the impending snowstorm. Mayor Thomas Menino has declared a snow emergency in effect beginning at noon on Friday. The storm is expected to drop as much as two feet of snow on the city and will last into Saturday afternoon. Along with classes, all Boston Public School activities that were scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday have been canceled, according to the district website. This includes all athletic events. All Family Resource Centers will also be closed on Friday. "Only essential personnel should report to work," according to the district website. For more information, call the Mayor's 24-Hour Hotline at 617-635-4500. For updates and other information about the…
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Armando Landing of the Louis Agassiz School
2011 will be a year of transitions for everyone at the Agassiz School. Teachers and students must find new school communities in the wake of the closing that was confirmed by the Boston School Committee last Wednesday. Jamaica Plain Patch asked Principal Maria Cordon to select one of the Agassiz's teachers as JP Teacher of the Year for 2010. Armando Landing is leading his small class of wiggly boys through their morning meeting. He asks if anyone can count to 20. One boy says he can do it—in Spanish. Mr. Landing code-switches without missing a beat and invites him to show what he can do. After he and the other children say their "Bravos", Landing asks if he might want to try now in English. Buoyed by his success in his native tongue…
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