Stoklosa School saga continues

Well, the Sun finally sent a reporter over to the Stoklosa School and the story is very different on Friday from what it was at Wednesday's school committee meeting when the Mayor responded to pressure by saying we'd be in after "Thanksgiving" and the school department couldn't even give a date for when the project would be completed. I've been driving by the school for weeks and have never seen more than 10 workers. Now, there are apparently 50 workers on the site - perhaps for the benefit of the Sun reporter? - and the opening is projected for the "end of the month." Whether it's to avoid bad publicity and save face for city hall or to keep irate school committee members from asking difficult questions, I'm thrilled that they seem to be finally turning on the steam. The sooner the school opens, the better for everyone!

In an accompanying story, the headline "Displaced students, staff making the best of it at other city schools" gives a generally positive feeling that is contradicted (as is typical in the Sun) by the content of the story. Yes, the staff and students are making the best of it, but some students are still going to class in a basement supply closet and the alternative program is running at 1/3 of it's capacity (a fact not mentioned in the story).