Brockton taxpayers deserve to know where their money goes. My plan for a Real-Time Financial Dashboard will track every dollar in our schools—live, online, and accessible to every resident. No more excuses, no more fiscal fog. Just accountability, transparency, and honest leadership.
Brockton’s schools have lost their way. Standards have slipped, classrooms lack order, and the budget has been run into the ground. Stephen Pina’s Champion City Project blueprint lays out a clear path forward: raise academic standards with a knowledge-rich curriculum starting at age 3, restore order and safety through a stronger school police force and alternatives for chronic disruptors, bring real fiscal accountability with zero-based budgeting and department-level internal controls, and create real-world pathways including a Brockton Classical Academy, expanded CTE, apprenticeships, and dual enrollment.
This plan is rooted in common sense: Strong Schools, Strong City. Brockton families deserve transparency, teachers deserve authority, and students deserve a future built on real knowledge and opportunity. The current system has delivered deficits, watered-down diplomas, and unsafe classrooms. Stephen Pina’s blueprint delivers the opposite — order, honesty, and preparation for the real world.
Massachusetts’ Chapter 222 discipline policies were meant to protect student rights, but in practice they’ve left teachers powerless to address chronic disruption. The 2018 amendments, effective in the 2024–25 school year, tightened restrictions even further, creating paperwork instead of solutions. Brockton families deserve safe classrooms where learning comes first. Stephen Pina’s plan restores common-sense flexibility, pushes back on unfunded mandates, and ensures both compassion and accountability in discipline.