Boston school officials Wednesday said they will likely close two schools in Allston that share a deteriorating building in two years for extensive renovations, but some parents worry the announcement signals a possible permanent closure.
Parents, students, and staff of the Jackson Mann K-8 School and the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing were notified of the possible relocation in a letter Tuesday from interim Superintendent Laura Perille. The two schools share a building, which also houses a community center.
She noted that a recent engineering review uncovered significant issues with several building operation systems, including the roof and air handler units. The short-term plan is to make necessary repairs, but the engineering report also suggested that at some point the building “should be shutdown and rebuilt.”