Brockton superintendent: Strict rules make it 'so hard to prepare food that's good'"The people who are designing the menus do not represent our cultures," said Brisa Oliveira Sousa, a seventh grader at Edgar B. Davis K-8 School.

Brockton students rally for better school cafeteria optionsBROCKTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Students in Brockton have recently rallied for better school food, calling for more inclusive and better tasting options on their cafeterias’...

Brockton students want culturally relevant food, not 'cardboard with cheese'Brockton has large Haitian and Cape Verdean communities but the only option in the cafeteria is low quality American food, Michaela Lauture said.

These Brockton students want more social-emotional learning — for teachers"If we're not doing the job well, if we're not doing it right, we need to hear that," said BPS Deputy Superintendent Sharon Wolder.

Brockton students list 5 things they'd like to see when it comes to teachers“A lot of us see these things and it happens a lot,” said Izzy Lauture, a rising freshman at Brockton High School.

Brockton students speak out about unfair disciplinary practices in schoolsA deputy superintendent committed to hiring more staff from Brockton communities of color.

'Don't have to be an adult to make a change': Brockton kids work to prevent child abuseFor five weeks the students did research on child abuse and developed requests to make of Brockton Public Schools Superintendent Michael Thomas.