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Hub must fund private school busing, city's counsel says

Hundreds of Boston public school parents rallied at the State House yesterday, hoping to persuade Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature to send more money to the city to avert the possible elimination of 500 jobs. Hundreds of Boston public school parents rallied at the State House yesterday, hoping to persuade Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature to send more money to the city to avert the possible elimination of 500 jobs. (Globe Staff Photo / David L. Ryan)
By James Vaznis
Globe Staff / March 27, 2009

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Boston school Superintendent Carol R. Johnson was planning a bold but controversial cost-saving step for next year: halting a decades-long practice of busing students to parochial and private schools, a quietly treasured perk among the families involved. (Full article: 846 words)

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