Amy Naples, Executive Director, from the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce checks in with the latest news and updates from Plymouth at 7:41. www.plymouthchamber.com
Election 2024 coverage continues at 8:11 with discussing the highly controversial Ballot Question 2. . A “yes” vote supports repealing the requirement that students must achieve a certain competency level on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam to graduate high school. Deb McCarthy, Vice President of the MTA (Massachusetts Teacher Association) and a veteran teacher, joins us to explain why we should consider voting YES. www.yesonquestion2ma.com
It’s important to hear both sides of the Ballot Questions so at 8:41 we are discussing voting NO on Ballot Question 2. A “no” vote on Question 2 opposes repealing the requirement that students must achieve a certain competency level on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam to graduate high school. Ed Lambert is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education and a former Mayor and School Committee member in Fall River and joins us to tell us why we should consider voting NO. www.votenoquestion2.org