BPS announces plan to drop 17 schools by 2030 through closures, mergers

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BPS announces plan to drop 17 schools by 2030 through closures, mergers

Boston Public Schools is planning to drop 17 schools by 2030 through closures and mergers, district officials announced — delivering a long-awaited facilities plan based on enrollment trends and aging buildings. “Based on the best information available today, by 2030 we plan to have approximately 95 schools,” said BPS Chief of Capital Planning Delavern Stanislaus. “That would mean, over the next five years, we would close or merge five to seven …