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BPS shuts alternative education programs
In a data-driven pursuit of “high quality seats,” the Boston School Committee voted on March 20 to close or uproot six schools. Two have alternative education programs. It takes effect June 2026.
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West Roxbury: No place for a public high school
Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper have proposed moving the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science to the West Roxbury Education Complex (WREC). The city should never have built a high school on that site in the first place and shouldn’t rebuild a high school there now.
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