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Friday, September 20, 2019

By James Vaznis and Matt Stout

GLOBE STAFF

House and Senate leaders Thursday unveiled

long-awaited legislation to overhaul the state’s

antiquated school-funding formula that they say

would pump an additional $1.4 billion in local

aid to schools over the next

seven years.

The proposal — jointly an-

nounced by House Speaker

Robert A. DeLeo, Senate Pres-

ident Karen E. Spilka, and

other legislative leaders —

aims to bridge the divide in

educational opportunities be-

tween poor and affluent sys-

tems by directing more mon-

ey to districts that serve great-

er concentrations of students

living in poverty or those with

language barriers.

“While we are all proud

that Massachusetts is top-rat-

ed nationally in education, we

want to extend that success to

all students,” said DeLeo, a

Winthrop Democrat.

Legislative leaders

stressed the proposal would

boost money for all districts,

without raising taxes.

Beyond revamping the formula, the bill would

create a fund with up to $10 million annually for

grants toward school-improvement efforts, and

increase spending on school construction proj-

ects. It would also add $90 million more to a sep-

SCHOOL AID, Page A

By Victoria McGrane and Laura Krantz

GLOBE STAFF

Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III’s plans

to kick off a run for Senate on Saturday sent Dem-

ocrats from the Berkshires to the Beltway into a

tizzy, previewing the tension and turmoil his

blockbuster primary challenge against Senator

Edward J. Markey will trigger throughout the

party.

On Capitol Hill, Kennedy’s move prompted a

chorus of criticism Thursday from party elders.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who counts both

men as allies, was curt when asked about the

race. “I consider it a loss to lose Joe Kennedy in

the House, but he has made his decision.”

Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire

was blunt: “I think it’s bad for him. I think it’s bad

for the party.” The Democrat recalled seeing the

negative effects firsthand when she worked for

KENNEDY, Page A

We have a hard time letting
go of things we love.
Be it a treasured trinket, an
old love letter, or maybe a dead
pet’s ashes in a shoebox under
the bed — although hopefully
not that. But when it comes to
television characters, wereally
can’t let go.
When they’re not getting re-
booted on the small screen, à la
“Will & Grace,” “Roseanne,” or
“Gilmore Girls,” they’re turning
up at the cinema. This is when
we hold our breath. Legacy and
love are at stake.
Was it a good idea to make a
second “Sex and the City” mov-
ie, even with the added bonus

of Liza Minnelli singing “Single

Ladies”? Absolutely not. Did

the actors from “Star Trek,”

plus William Shatner’s toupee,

need to come back to save the

whales 20 years after the origi-

nal series debuted? Nope. Did

we need an “Entourage” mov-

ie? That’s a hard no. We didn’t

need “Entourage” in any form.

I had little emotional invest-

ment in those films, but the

“Downton Abbey” movie is a

different kettle of fish and

chips.

I invested myself deeply in

52 episodes of the upstairs-

downstairs drama of an Eng-

lish family trying to hang on to

a monolithic castle and its

evaporating aristocratic life-

style. The series was a gift that

we delicately and eagerly

opened layer after layer, year

MUTHER, Page A

Atlast,

aplanto

overhaul

schoolaid

House,Senateleaderssay

revampedformulaboostsall

districtswithouttaxincrease

Democrats

areallover

theplaceon

Kennedy’srun

Plentyofenthusiasm,

criticism,hereandinD.C.

Dear‘Abbey’:Please

liveuptoyourlegend

VOL. 296, NO. 82

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Comics and Weather, G8-9.

Obituaries, C11.

Upescalator

By Danny McDonald

and Travis Andersen

GLOBE STAFF

A terror suspect arrested in New

York City allegedly scouted locations

for possible attacks in various cities,

including Boston, where he looked at

Fenway Park, the Prudential Center,

and Quincy Market, federal prosecu-

tors said Thursday.

Alexei Saab, 42, a naturalized US

citizen, was charged with offenses re-

lated to his support for the Lebanon-

based terrorist group Hezbollah, as

well as with marriage-fraud offenses,

the office of Geoffrey S. Berman, US

attorney for New York’s Southern

District, said in a statement.

Saab’s support included taking

photos in Boston of the three land-

marks, which were among targets of

interest to Hezbollah, a complaint

filed in the case alleged. Other poten-

tial targets in New York and Wash-

ington, D.C., were also photo-

graphed.

Local officials have said there is

no credible threat to Boston.

Other detailed allegations about

Saab’s work for Hezbollah involved

information-gathering and bomb-

TERROR, Page A

Terrorsuspectscouted

3Bostonsites,USsays

TiestoHezbollah

alleged;officialssee

nocurrentthreat

LANE TURNER/GLOBE STAFF

JAAP BUITENDIJK

The beloved TV show, which ended after six seasons, has
returned as a movie. Is it worthy?Review, G1.

FORCLIMATESTRIKE,THEY’VE

DONETHEIRHOMEWORK

Thedoggedeffortsofstudent

organizerswillculminate

withtoday’sprotestinBoston

By Zoe Greenberg

GLOBE STAFF

The kids who are determined to save the planet were mostly

born after 2000. They don’t have time to sleep in and they forget

to eat and they log 15-hour workdays. They’d like to talk policy.

They want you to join them.

For the past few months, a small group of high school stu-

dents has been organizing a massive climate strike in Boston,

part of a global series of actions ahead of a major United Na-

tions climate summit in New York City. They hope thousands of

students will join them Friday morning, walking out of their

classrooms to push for more aggressive action on climate

change, including a Massachusetts Green New Deal. The world-

wide demonstrations were initially inspired by Greta Thunberg,

the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, who recently sailed to

New York for the summit.

Faced with rising seas and an uncertain future, the kids in

CLIMATE STRIKE, Page A

JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Sarah Duckette and Owen Woodcock, both of Jamaica Plain, checked

spreadsheets at a meeting Tuesday about the strike.

BARRY CHIN/GLOBE STAFF

Organizers sprinted to pass out fliers to Orange Line riders, one of several methods used to publicize the climate protest.

$1.4b

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aidtoschoolsim-

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$ 90 m

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transportation

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$ 10 m

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towardschool-

improvement

efforts

Christopher

Muther

COMMENTARY

The enormous Hub on Causeway complex, which

includes the expansion of TD Garden and the addition of

a 38-story apartment tower, a hotel, a movie theater, a

concert venue, and a Star Market, is about to transform

the area.A special “On the Street” report, B7.

A NEW LOOK AT NORTH STATION Immigration

decisionreversed

TheTrumpadministration

saiditwillresumeconsid-

eringrequestsfrompeople

seekingtodeferdeporta-

tionformedicaltreatment

andotherhardships.A2.