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Byline: Tracy Jan
Apr. 10--Boston Public Schools officials have begun recruiting charter schools to join the city's public school system, in a concerted effort to expand its portfolio of experimental schools. The move is also aimed at reclaiming the millions of dollars it loses each year when Boston families send their children to charter schools.
Today, 550 teachers and principals in the city's 14 charter schools will begin receiving letters asking them to consider converting their schools, which are under state jurisdiction, to pilot schools, which are autonomous but fall under the Boston public school system. The letters were mailed by the Boston Teachers Union on Saturday.
The letter invited charter school teachers and principals to an April 24 meeting, when school system officials and union members will make their pitch.…