The Edwards Middle School will likely be phased out in the coming years, according to Boston Public Schools (BPS) officials, as the district looks to simplify its school pathways, eliminate freestanding middle schools, and help solve the shortage of elementary seats in Charlestown and East Boston.
The announcement came during the community’s BuildBPS meeting on Friday, Nov. 2, and it featured a rather crowded room for a late evening meeting on a Friday. Interim Supt. Laura Perille and her staff were there to introduce BuildBPS to the community and talk about some of the reorganizations that will likely occur in Charlestown – which many learned were inexorably tied to much larger changes happening in East Boston.