As part of an ongoing facilities overhaul, interim superintendent Laura Perille proposed a host of changes to Boston Public Schools last Tuesday. Under the changes, two schools — the McCormack Middle School and Boston Community Leadership Academy, a high school — would combine.
Additionally, the district has bought land to build on, including an elementary school in East Boston and a site for the Quincy Upper School in Chinatown, which was previously announced.
And BPS is finally fleshing out its plan to move past standalone middle schools. Perille said the district hopes to add sixth grades at 17 BPS elementary schools by 2021 and to repurpose the Edwards Middle School in Charlestown as an elementary school.
This was the change promised by BuildBPS, which Mayor Marty Walsh first unveiled in 2015 as a 10-year reshuffling of the district’s physical plant.
Perille — who is preparing to hand off the reins to Brenda Cassellius, who was chosen as superintendent earlier this month — will present the following changes to the Boston School Committee on Wednesday.