State receivership was supposed to save Dever Elementary, but now Boston wants to close it. What went wrong?
A recommendation by Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper to close the Dever under a longterm facilities plan is ...
BPS leaders expect stable enrollment, to shutter 17 percent of school buildings by 2030
The meeting will be remote-only, as will all meetings, including annual budget hearings, before April 16.
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Local school officials respond to new ICE policy under Trump administration
Federal Immigration Agencies are now permitted to make arrests at schools, churches, and hospitals.The Trump administration ...
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Boston, Worcester school districts prepare protection for potential ICE raids at schools
In Massachusetts, some local school districts are promising protection against one of President Trump’s recent executive ...
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Boston schools will expand their electric bus fleet with $35 million grant
The district plans to purchase 125 electric school buses, bringing it closer to its goal of a fully electric fleet by 2030.
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Activists push back on BPS closings
News the city is planning to shutter four Boston Public Schools buildings next year was met with frustration last week as ...
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Boston plans to close four schools under proposal by city officials
In a letter to parents Monday night, Superintendent Mary Skipper said Excel High School would close as part of a larger public school consolidation plan across the city. Skipper and Mayor Michelle ...
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Boston Public Schools proposes school closures and mergers by end of next school year
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper officially announced on Tuesday that they plan to close three ...
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Four Boston schools slated for closure, more to be reconfigured by end of next school year
transformative tools for the last several years,” BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper said Tuesday morning. “What we’re proposing, and I will share today, are for the district’s physical ...
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BPS recommending closure of Excel School in South Boston
“On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, we will recommend next steps in implementing the Long-Term Facilities Plan to the Boston School Committee,” Superintendent Mary Skipper said in the letter.