Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered the city’s first “State of the Schools” address Tuesday night, an optimistic speech focusing on the district’s achievements, announcing a couple new goals and programs, and issuing a “call to action for every sector of our city” to get involved with BPS.

“When our administration started, school communities were feeling the impact of the pandemic — and five superintendents in just seven years,” Wu said. … “Today, we’re outperforming all ten of what state administrators track as our comparable peer districts. After years of instability, we’re seeing real, meaningful progress. But we’re not yet where we need to be.”

The State of the Schools speech, delivered to a full Josiah Quincy Upper School auditorium in Chinatown on Tuesday night, congratulated distri

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