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Tristan Cimini is a former producer for WGBH News’ K-12 Education Desk. She produces the School Desk Diaries and contributes reporting to WGBH’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Prior to coming to WGBH, Cimini worked with WNYC, WBUR, and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. She was born and raised in Pittsburgh and graduated from Oberlin College.

October 05, 2017

Updated July 31, 2023

We gave a microphone to Marcus Lewis, parent of 11-year-old Malachi. He was able to send his child to camp for the first time this summer through the Boston Public Schools' fifth quarter.

WGBH News' coverage of K-12 education is made possible with support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

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