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School Committee votes to shut two West Roxbury high schools
By adamg on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:14am
WBUR reports on last night's 5-1 School Committee vote, in which members said the West Roxbury Education Complex is falling apart and there was just no place else in the system to put the West Roxbury Academy and Urban Science Academy. Parents were outraged.
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WBUR says they will rebuild a high school on the spot
Two weeks ago folks presenting the modified buildbps plan said it was undecided if they'd rebuild. If they do, they'll give the facility to another school. That sucks.
But without government
Who would disenfranchise the education of minors?
Wonder how this will effect
Wonder how this will effect the MBTA access out there. Hope they don't cut down all the 36 routes.
Amazing
It's in such poor physical condition. Not just a matter of maintenance; poor contruction, design, substandard materials. Typical of public facilities built in the 70s 80s. The design and construction of the south red line extension to Quincy, which opened in 1972, is horrifing. One tiny exit in and out of the stations.Falling apart even though it' s only 50 years old. Huge Quincy Center garage bui.t over the station had to be torn down. How didthis shit design ever pass fire safety standards?
So the building has been
So the building has been deteriorating because of deferred maintenance, and now they voted to close it down, and defer maintenance even longer?
Also don't understand how if there are two high schools with dwindling enrollment, why they don't consolidate into one high school.
People of West Roxbury
Can you name one member of the Boston School Committee? Asking for a friend who thinks it should be an elected Committee.
Well, given who the chairman is, I expect a fair number do
Do you know his name?
A Disgrace
The school committee is nothing but a rubber stamp for the mayor and Bolling building. Boston is the only city in MA without a democratically elected school committee. Somehow that’s okay with folks.
The Mayor, Int. Sup. Perille, and senior officials in BPS all deserve blame for inflicting this trauma on students. Studies show that students whose school is shut down are aversely affected emotionally and academically, yet here we are. Many community members offered suggestions for places to move the students together, as a community. The answer we received time and again: "It's too expensive."
My question still remains, if Boston Latin School's building was suddenly deemed unfit, would BPS break up BLS and disperse those students and teachers across the district? I think we all know the answer to that question.
I hope the BPD really enjoys their new academy site with shiny new athletic fields!
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