by Stephen Pina | Aug 22, 2025 | Press Release
Executive Summary Brockton’s school finance crisis left taxpayers holding the bag for an $18.3 million shortfall and nearly $400,000 in outside audit costs. These reviews found no fraud—but exposed systemic incompetence, weak leadership, and a culture of rubber-stamp...
by Stephen Pina | Aug 17, 2025 | Budget & Spending Transparency, Press Release
This opinion piece is written in response to The Enterprise of Brockton article by Chris Helms, “Proposal: Brockton CFO would gain power to approve school department contracts.” As a candidate for the Brockton School Committee in Ward 1, I believe the question at hand...
by Team Pina | Aug 4, 2025 | Budget & Spending Transparency, Campaign Trail Updates, Press Release
Stephen Pina Issues Campaign Accountability Statement for Brockton’s Ward 1 School Committee Race Brockton, MA – August 4, 2025 — In a race defined by restoring trust, discipline, and transparency in Brockton’s public school system, Ward 1 School Committee candidate...
by Stephen Pina | Aug 3, 2025 | Campaign Trail Updates, Education Reform
By Stephen PinaCandidate for Ward 1 School Committee – Brockton, MAwww.votepina.com Public education in cities like Brockton is at a crossroads. On one side stands the decaying legacy of institutionalized education—buildings full of bureaucracy, stripped-down...
by Stephen Pina | Aug 1, 2025 | Press Release
Let’s get one thing straight — Brockton’s kids are being set up to fail, and the people in charge either don’t see it or don’t care enough to fix it. We’re graduating students who can’t read, can’t write, and can’t compete. That’s not just a data point — that’s a damn...
