Fw: Lessons from Mary Lyon High: How a Boston school is beating the odds, year after year

[Joan Pasquale]

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The full inclusion school could have fallen apart during the pandemic. It soared instead.

The Great Divide Lessons from Mary Lyon High: How a Boston school is beating the odds, year after year At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 — against all odds — the Mary Lyon Pilot High School in Brighton was mobilizing, leaning on the community-based structures and inclusive philosophy that make the school a unique experience in the Boston Public Schools system. The result was nothing short of remarkable, validating the Mary Lyon’s approach — and offering a model for the district as it attempts to recover from the pandemic and transition to district-wide inclusive education. Leaders at the school attribute their success to a community-based approach that pre-dates the pandemic. While other schools were trying to figure out how their students’ home lives affected their ability to attend Zoom classes, Lyon staffers already had parents’ phone numbers, knew which families lived close together, and could lean on engaged students to help their less-engaged peers stay connected. Read the full story. Related: Perspective in Globe Magazine: Schools should teach the forgotten history of the Pledge of Allegiance Nearly one-third of Massachusetts students were chronically absent last year Last month, Boston school leaders checked off first tasks under state-supervised improvement plan Copyright © 2022 The Boston Globe, All rights reserved. The Boston Globe 1 Exchange Place Suite 201 Boston, MA 02109-2132