The Boston City Council voted 10-2-1 today to formally oppose BPS's plans to move the O'Bryant School from its current location on Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury to a rebuilt West Roxbury Education Complex on VFW Parkway, saying that location, almost in Dedham, is just too far way for many students and that BPS has failed to really take into account the concerns of O'Bryant students, parents and teachers, let alone possible alternatives. Read more.
City Councilor Julia Mejia (at large), said today BPS appears poised to announce it's moving the John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science from Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury to the former West Roxbury Education Complex, next to a swamp on the edge of the city in a building that BPS officials ordered shut in 2019 because, they said at the time, it was filling with mold due to a roof that could not be replaced, atop a structure that looked ready to plunge to the ground. Read more.
Mary Ellen reports spotting an otter in the marsh/pond in between VFW Parkway and the old West Roxbury Education Complex today - and that she watched it eat a frog.
Yeah, fun times.
About that. Mayor Wu said the problems can be buffed right out and the school re-opened as a new high school. Read more.
Tim West was on scene for the Parkway in Motion Easter-egg hunt at the West Roxbury Education Complex field today, moments before scores of kids were unleashed on the 20,000 Easter eggs scattered there.
On a walk to the marsh in front of the closed West Roxbury High School this morning, Mary Ellen noticed one of the BPS buses that had been parked there went up in flames at some point since her last visit a couple weeks ago.
WGBH reports that the now former West Roxbury Education Complex has been re-opened several times this fall for events, such as for police physical-fitness training. BPS says there's a difference between occasional openings and keeping it open for an entire school year and besides, police are trained to deal with things like ceilings collapsing on their heads, unlike students.
Tim West reports the rains held off long enough for Parkway in Motion's 22,000-egg scrum at the West Roxbury Education Complex's fields this morning.
Roslindale had moved its hunt indoors based on today's forecast.
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.
Boston school officials said last night that the West Roxbury Education Complex building almost didn't open for classes last month - and that emergency repairs done on it so it could pass inspection will only hold out for the rest of the school year. Read more.
Roger Cawdette (18) has the ball for the BLS Wolfpack.
The Boston Latin School Wolfpack beat the Gloucester Fishermen 3-0 tonight in the preliminary round of the MIAA Boys Soccer North Division 2, in a match played on the new field at the West Roxbury Education Complex. Read more.
A Parkway Falcons player watches West Roxbury Raiders and cheerleaders practice.
City and state officials gathered with Parkway athletes today to officially open the new $18-million Raiders Field, which includes revamped football and baseball fields with artificial turf and lighting and new facilities for track and field events.
Among those who spoke: Retired West Roxbury High Raiders Coach Leo Sybertz, who led the team to several high-school Super Bowl championships: Read more.
The City Council started its meeting today by celebrating the West Roxbury Raiders, 2015 Boston City League baseball champions. Read more.
Two students at the West Roxbury Educational Complex were taken to Faulkner Hospital after spilling some sulfuric acid on themselves this morning.
Globe: School not evacuated.
Channel 7: School evacuated.
Both called it West Roxbury High School, which it hasn't been for a couple years now.
A school bus carrying students from the West Roxbury Education Complex crashed into another WREC bus around 2 this afternoon, ParkwayBoston.com reports (with photos). At least four students taken away in ambulances.
Part of the discussion on the T worker and the noose post has basically centered on whether a noose is just a noose or a symbol of anti-black violence in this country.
On Monday, Nov. 19, students at Media Communications Technology High School in West Roxbury (it's one of the four small schools that now sit in what used to be West Roxbury High School) are holding a "walk-in" to discuss the implications of the Jena 6 case.
Instead of a "walk-out," where students shorten their education as a protest, we are hosting a "walk-in." Our students have opted to lengthen their education to raise awareness and create dialogue.
They certainly get the symbolism of the noose in American society:
Note: Members of the community can attend. Pre-register by e-mailing [email protected] with your name and contact information.
This is where I'd posted a YouTube video (and linked to another) showing fighting at the high school. The videos have been taken down, and I've heard from an official at one of the schools there who raised the same objections you can read in the comments.
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