The plan does not include specific recommendations about the future of each of BPS's 119 school buildings. It serves instead as a procedural outline for how the district will inform families, craft solutions and enact them.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, Mary Skipper chat while riding a school bus.
Of the 119 school buildings citywide, the report finds that dozens are “underutilized,” or well-below capacity, after years of sliding enrollment. According toFor example, the district has long argued that its many small, single-strand elementary schools — with just one class per grade — can severely hinder enrichment opportunities and administrators’ ability to best serve students with disabilities or those who are learning English.
Meanwhile, “the number of BPS schools has remained relatively unchanged, resulting in under-enrolled schools and district resources stretched too thin across too many school communities,” the plan states.But Tang did credit officials for outlining a more transparent public process than the one used in the past ahead of the closure of the
District officials imagine a standardized, 18-month process before approving the merger, closure or renovation of a school. And while it lacks specific timetables, the framework does suggest that many BPS schools will eventually need to close or be consolidated, given enrollment patterns. Then again, those ranges also leave room for a more modest overall impact. At minimum, BPS proposes the reduction, closure or consolidation of 14 schools — or roughly 12% of the current total.
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