Tucked into Mayor Michelle Wu’s Jan. 5 inaugural speech was a pledge to revisit the Boston Public Schools student assignment system.
“We will revisit school assignment to be simpler and more predictable, reduce time students spend on the bus, and reinvest in advanced coursework, arts, and athletics,” she said in her remarks, given at Symphony Hall after she was sworn in for her second term.
It was a reference that has some activists wondering: ‘Why now?’…