Boston Public School leaders are proposing to close three schools as part of a broader plan to upgrade the district’s aging buildings.

The West Roxbury Academy and the Urban Science Academy, which share a building in West Roxbury, are slated to close at the end of this school year. Officials said the building is in such poor condition that closure was a matter of safety.

“That building is not in enough shape to continue being used even into the next school year,” Interim Superintendent Laura Perille said.

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