As is often done at the McCormack Middle School in Columbia Point, seven students sat in a circle around their classroom. They passed around a decorated stick as they took turns speaking about the closure. And there’s one common refrain: “I feel bad.”
Nahomy Garay is from El Salvador and has been in Boston for three years. As a sixth grader, this is her first year at the McCormack.
“I like that in this school, when there’s a problem, we talk about it first. In other schools, they say that it’s a problem to deal with on your own,” she said.