Friday’s announcement of Superintendent Tommy Chang’s impending departure from the Boston school system took few parents by surprise. They knew he had been on shaky ground for several months — the question was when he would leave.
Still, many parents were left wondering whether some big initiatives, such as developing a plan to renovate and rebuild schools, will come to a screeching halt.
“We see new charter school buildings popping up all over the city, and now the 56,000 students in the Boston Public Schools will have to wait longer for new buildings or repairs to the existing ones — it’s frustrating,” said Kristin Johnson, who has two children at the decades-old Mendell Elementary School in Roxbury.