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Five Things: Carol Johnson Celebrates with the Community Music Center
The superintendent of Boston Public Schools attended a gala celebrating the South End non-profit's fundraising efforts.
Today is Tuesday, October 11. Here are five things you need to know today:
1. Sunny today but cooler, with highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
2. BPS Superintendent Carol Johnson showed support for the at Play Your Part, the public launch of CMCB’s $4.5 million Centennial Campaign for Legacy & Innovation. After raising 70% ($3.2 million) in their “quiet phase”, the South End non-profit celebrated this success with musical performances by students at the Boylston Congregational Church in Jamaica Plain.
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3. Want to be on the School Committee? Apply to the board, which is picked by Mayor Thomas Menino, using the PDF attached to this post. The terms of two members — Claudio Martinez of JP and Marchelle Raynor of Roxbury — are expiring. Both are expected to re-apply, but they'd have to be chosen again through a process that includes new applicants. Deadline is noon on Nov. 14.
4. The Occupy Boston movement has a new website. The site, called "The Occupy Boston Globe," includes a daily calendar of events, news stories, opinion pieces and a "Print Edition".
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