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Mama of two. Worcester via VT, RD and the Ham. Dual language public school grad. I watch Worcester school committee meetings. www.worcestersucks.email/s/wps-in-b…

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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please share with others to help keep our community informed.
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WPS in Brief: The Second Redistricting Scenario
The new proposal is less disruptive. But is it more equitable?
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Worcester Public Schools opening 7 new libraries — but lacks books to fill shelves
A parent-led campaign is fundraising to collect more than 15,000 new books.
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Bill Shaner @billshaner.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Really good edition right here from @aislinn.bsky.social on the nuances and pitfalls of a school redistricting process, particularly the background hum of property value and how one school committee member is being sorta obvious about it. Was a treat to edit and stoked to share it!
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
not the usual format. but tried to actually take some time off. :)
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WPS in Brief: August 2026
Redistricting, conflicts, and how we talk about our schools
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
How would the initial redistricting scenario affect School Committee members? The initial scenario would change school assignments for: Mailman: Burncoat High→Doherty McCullough: Nelson Place→Norrback, Forest Grove→Burncoat Middle Alvarez: Elm Park→Chandler Elementary Biancheria: Belmont→City View
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Nothing like coming back from a blissful 2 week vacation in paradise to a 4pm on a Friday district press release. Need a new hobby. Open to suggestions.
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WPS in Brief: First Redistricting Scenario
What to know about the initial scenario for redistricting school boundaries.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Lovely to see my state praised here, but Massachusetts does not put money behind their support for bilingualism, and Worcester is about to roll back their K-12 program. www.the74million.org/article/busi... #MAEdu
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Businesses Want Bilingual Workers, Families Want Bilingual Kids, So Why the Gap?
Conor Williams on what schools need to do to meet the need and face down a sustained federal assault on K-12 linguistic and cultural diversity.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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Petition Petition for Safe Technology / Petición por Tecnología Segura
This petition calls on Worcester Public Schools to remove individual internet-connected devices from Pre-K through 2nd grade classrooms to support healthy child development and hands-on learning. ____...
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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
WPS in Brief April 2026 is live!
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WPS in Brief: April 2026
Redistricting, New Elementary Math Curriculum, Middle School Grading Policy Change
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is so concerning to me because there are multiple inaccuracies in this post (I couldn’t bring myself to read the full recap, just this is enough to enrage me), but people read it and assume it’s fact. In order to have constructive conversations we have to be working with accurate information.
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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Current list of the WPS boundary realignment working group. Next meeting is April 7.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"Investing in modern [energy] infrastructure is not just an energy issue, it is an education imperative." AG's thesis is that modernizing energy infrastructure improves student learning, which is sort of a weird take...feels like something someone working in energy infrastructure would write?
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Opinion/Guest column: Schools need upgrade literally from within
When the energy systems that support those environments become strained by aging infrastructure that isn’t replaced fast enough, learning suffers.
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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
School committee meeting Thursday!
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Agenda Preview: April 2 School Committee Meeting
Autism Program Updates, Proposed New Math Curriculum Approval, Middle School Recess
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Those of you who read WPS in Brief might read this and think I wrote it. Similar format, tone, even rephrased my tag line “my goal is to help you feel informed without feeling overwhelmed.” It’s not me. My guess is the writer used AI, which scraped my work.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I am so thrilled that Worcester will have 7 elementary schools with a library special starting in the fall! Proud of the work of the Worcester Elementary School Library Coalition! drive.google.com/file/d/150RT...
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WESLC report.pdf
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
What is sleeping (dead?) in my trash can?
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Clipped this section of Thursday's school committee for those wanting to watch!
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Discussion on proposed new elementary math curriculum in Worcester (Reveal math)
YouTube video by Aislinn Doyle
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
As a lifelong New Englander I’m not proud to admit it, but six snow days and five delays is starting to break me.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Weird weather in Worcester, MA! Sounds like it’s raining, but not a cloud in the sky…beautiful and bizarre.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I still can’t believe garbage and trash are not synonymous.
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When Rubbish Went Curbside And Garbage Went Underground
Check your yard — you might have a subterranean receiver.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So my mom (who is in her seventies) just told me that growing up they had a pail in a hole in the yard that they put food waste into and that was called the garbage. And the trash was all other waste. How am I learning this for the first time and is this why it’s called a garbage disposal?!
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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
February Brief is up!
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WPS in Brief: February 2026
Preliminary Budget, Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Educational Technology
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I don’t know what the solution is, but I’m about to do a go fund me to buy some snow dragons and create a fleet of volunteers to clear the paths to school. Let me know if you want in!
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In order for kids to walk to school and bus stops safely tomorrow the sidewalks and street corners need to be cleared. Let’s all do our part to clear them so kids don’t walk in the street! And please slow down while driving. The snow banks make it hard to see kids trying to cross!
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Mark Henderson @hendersonma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Back in the '90s this would likely have started a war in the T&G newsroom, but here it is. Regardless of whether I was editing the story, I would have loudly said to the Page 1 editor, " 'Jury finds Etel guilty' is a bull--it, lazy headline. It should be 'Jury delivers split verdict'." #WordsMatter
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Relevant to so much right now, especially in Worcester. From the substack Letters from an American by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
At #Worcester District Court for the trial of @etelhaxhiaj.bsky.social. Huge crowd here.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This is a must read from @aislinn.bsky.social about parents, power, and when we count in Worcester. Also shines a critical light on the nastiness of some and the cowardice of others. Our kids deserve much better. www.worcestersucks.email/p/it-was-nev...
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It was never about the snow
The quiet lessons of local power
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
An email I sent to school committee about the lack of good faith conversation around my petitions for student privacy protections heard at TLSS. (Except for Vanessa Alvarez who was incredibly prepared and thoughtful.)
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My jaw dropped when I watched the video. The city was willing to pay for the sidewalks-$18k. On the one hand let’s complain about traffic and parent pickup at school. And on the other hand let’s vote no for a reasonable petition to make getting school safer for kids. Props to Jenny for the lone yes.
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Denial of sidewalks for West Tatnuck Elementary School
YouTube video by Aislinn Doyle
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Real gross. Dog whistle 101. For what it’s worth George Russell didn’t let it go unchallenged.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Appreciate this article by @jessecollings.bsky.social —I’m shocked they didn’t tell the petitioner when it would be heard! share.newsbreak.com/h3k1dbho?s=i16
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Snowbanks, no sidewalks make it tough to walk to this Worcester elementary school - NewsBreak
WORCESTER – A child on his way to school at West Tatnuck Elementary on Monday, Feb. 2, reached the end of the sidewalk on Mower Street, and he was left to
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wpsinbrief.bsky.social @wpsinbrief.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Agenda Preview: February 5 School Committee Meeting
Preliminary budget estimates, Screen time policy, Student data privacy.
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Tracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#worcpoli who-cester.blogspot.com/2026/01/now-...
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Now there's a headline you won't see most places
I had to darkly laugh when I saw this headline in the T&G  last week : headline reads "City Council passes 90-day parking ban near Worceste...
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seandacey.bsky.social @seandacey.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Every time I go by the lots at Roosevelt School during school hours, they are already full, long before school ends. The issue is cars idling in the breakdown lane and blocking driveways starting an hour before dismissal. That’s the problem to address. A parking ban won’t solve anything.
Both Fantasia and Ricardi said they were told the parking lot was for Roosevelt teachers and staff and they were not allowed to park there.
Fantasia felt if parents could use the parking lot or the lane outside Roosevelt, traffic on Grafton Street would ease up.
"I think it would take a lot of congestion off Grafton Street," Fantasia said. "Even if we could make a big loop, it would take 15 to 20 cars off Grafton Street."
Fresolo said that was an issue he planned to address during the trial parking ban.
"That needs to be addressed," Fresolo said. "Those 30-plus parking spots were designed solely to get cars off Grafton
Street."
During the trial ban, which could become permanent if successful, Fresolo said the city would work with school administration to ensure parents could get into the school's parking lot prior to 2 p.m. in order to take cars off the street.
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Mark Henderson @hendersonma.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Gread OpEd in today's T&G by @aislinn.bsky.social! Well stated! local.newsbreak.com/worcester-ma...
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Worcester can support high-quality classroom tools while also setting firm expectations that students are learners, not data sources. Our children must always come first.
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Opinion/Guest column: City students need digital tools with safeguards
To be clear, this is not an argument against technology in education. It is a petition for transparency, accountability and modern safeguards.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
My street has permanent parking ban signs, but the City of Worcester online tool says it’s a declared ban street. Who do I call to clarify? 311?
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Tagging the people who have been doing this longer than me and might have some insight: @hendersonma.bsky.social @kksen.bsky.social @tracynovick.bsky.social @masspolwatch.bsky.social @billshaner.bsky.social
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Something I don’t recall ever happening before happened last night at school committee: there were no votes on items after the report of the superintendent. No “any opposed, so ordered” like there usually is if there’s no roll call. No one said anything, so this is allowed under open meeting law?
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Bill Shaner @billshaner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
As we go thru yet another round of directionless, ambient grievance airing about Roosevelt school pickup time congestion ‘issue’ remember Aislinn called it in her September WPS in Brief and all of this criticism remains true lol @aislinn.bsky.social www.worcestersucks.email/p/wps-in-bri...
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Just catching up on what happened at city council in Worcester on Tuesday and I’m over here like *cannot wait to see what @tracynovick.bsky.social writes about this parking ban outside Roosevelt* 👀💸👀💸
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Can someone create a WhatsApp group I can join to tell me when there’s a parking ban/when trash is delayed? Or start a side hustle? I would in fact pay for it…
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Why is the Guardian posting an agenda preview for LAST years January school committee meeting?! 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹😹 theworcesterguardian.org/f/school-com...
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School committee tackles student access, dual language update
Student advisory proposals, dual language status report, bus safety cameras among agenda items
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Massachusetts Association of School Committees @mascschoolcomm.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Periodic reminder: we publish "The Daily Ed," a collection of education news from across the Commonwealth and beyond, every school day. You can find today's edition here: mailchi.mp/masc/the-dai... There's a link to sign up at the bottom of the email.
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The Daily Ed for Friday, January 9, 2026
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Theres talk about who did what for the SC vice chair and I want to point people to the facts of the minutes of the Jan 2 SC meeting. Dianna Biancheria nominated Molly McCullough for vice chair-over the phone (she showed up 30 minutes late to the meeting-she’s been late to the last three meetings)…
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Hey Worcester folks, I’m looking for a WPS kindergarten report card from 2015ish or earlier. Anyone out there with older kids still have them they’d be willing to share?!
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Of the 19 elected positions between school committee and city council, just three in the next term are public school parents.
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Election Guide to the Worcester School Committee www.worcestersucks.email/p/election-g...
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Election Guide to the Worcester School Committee
Voting for at-large, district C, district E and the mayor
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Aislinn @aislinn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Some good prizes! givebutter.com/rafflecalendar
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Worcester Dual Language Magnet Calendar Raffle
Proceeds support community events, school enrichment programs, teacher appreciation, the school library, the Pre-K and Kindergarten field trip, and spree day (to name a few!)
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