Boston exam schools

The two co-chairs of the Exam School Admissions Task Force gave the suddenly shrunken School Committee a progress report last week, with a wide range of options still under consideration.

A vocal group of parents are up in arms as Boston Public Schools officials are on the verge of releasing a new admissions process for the city’s three exam schools.

Fellow alumni of Boston Latin School used to greet one another as survivors of an intense academic barrage. In the old days, students admitted to the sixth class were told at the welcoming assembly, “Look to the left and to the right. Only one of you will make it to the graduation ceremony.”

Boston Public Schools officials announced on July 2 the selection of a new standardized test for admission to its three exam schools, just two days after the BPS-appointed Opportunity and Achievement Gap Task Force voted unanimously for a moratorium on exam school testing during the COVID pandemic.