Parents, students and community members who turned out for a BuildBPS meeting in Roslindale used the opportunity to speak out against the district’s plan to close three schools in other neighborhoods as part of its 10-year, $1 billion school reconstruction plan.
After Boston Public Schools officials outlined plans for the Roslindale schools, including the closing of the Irving Middle School and the expansion of surrounding elementary schools, parents and students reacted angrily to the planned closures of West Roxbury Academy and Urban Science Academy, which share a building in West Roxbury, and the McCormack Middle School in Dorchester.