by Stephen Pina | Sep 20, 2025 | Education Reform
Brockton has always been a city of champions — but our schools don’t feel like it right now. Years of lowered standards, financial mismanagement, and discipline policies that tie teachers’ hands have left families frustrated and kids shortchanged. If we want a...
by Stephen Pina | Sep 19, 2025 | Back to Basics, Back to Excellence, Safe Schools, Safe Classrooms, School Safety & Discipline
Discipline in our schools isn’t just a local issue — it’s a state issue. In Massachusetts, Chapter 222 of the Acts of 2012 and subsequent amendments in 2018 (effective in the 2024–2025 school year) changed the way schools are allowed to discipline students, especially...
by Team Pina | Sep 16, 2025 | Press Release
On Tuesday, September 16th, Brockton voters delivered a message loud and clear: change is coming to our schools. The Vote Pina Committee is proud to announce that Stephen Pina has advanced from the September 16th Preliminary Election for Ward 1 School Committee. The...
by Stephen Pina | Sep 13, 2025 | Back to Basics, Back to Excellence
In Brockton, too many students are being pushed from grade to grade without mastering reading, writing, and math. That’s not education. That’s a cover-up. State officials and local leadership would rather celebrate inflated graduation rates than tell parents the truth...
by Stephen Pina | Sep 9, 2025 | Budget & Spending Transparency, Civics, Citizenship & Life Skills, Parental Rights & Curriculum Transparency, Press Release, Trades & Vocational Education
Statement from Stephen Pina, Candidate for Ward 1 School Committee – Brockton As a candidate for the Brockton School Committee, I believe voters deserve more than one-word answers. The questions posed by the Massachusetts Voter Table are important, but many of them...
