Overview
- Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Mary Skipper outlined a third wave of facilities changes driven by sustained enrollment decline to about 46,800 students.
- The proposal would close Lee Academy Pilot School (PreK–3), Another Course to College (9–12), and Community Academy of Science and Health (9–12) starting in 2027–28.
- Henderson K–12 Inclusion would convert to a PreK–8, Tobin Elementary would drop grades 7–8 to become PreK–6, and William E. Russell would add sixth grade.
- BPS estimates roughly 850 students would be displaced by closures and about 1,500 more affected by reconfigurations, with one-time savings of $20 million earmarked for reinvestment.
- District leaders frame the plan as part of a broader effort to shrink to about 95 schools by 2030, following earlier closure approvals that drew community pushback.