Boston Latin Academy

A fight between a group of middle school girls at Boston Latin Academy took place as city councilors have been debating whether police officers and metal detectors need to be in place in all of Boston’s public schools. Four members of the Boston City Council have sent a letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper following Monday’s brawl, in which a...

A fight between middle school girls at Boston Latin Academy has some city councilors calling for police officers and metal detectors in school buildings.

School staff immediately responded to break up the fight and Boston police were also called in. Police are investigating “the potential use of a dangerous sharp object,” according to school officials.

Boston Latin Academy is making counselors available for students after a fight broke out involving four girls Monday morning. The four girls were all in middle school, and one of them allegedly used a pair of scissors to attack. The injured student was treated by the school nurse and by Boston EMS, and was then taken to the hospital as…

The fight involved four girls, all in middle school. One of the girls allegedly used a pair of scissors to attack another. Police were called to the school around 10:15 a.m.

A fight between a group of middle school girls in the hallway of Boston Latin Academy sent one of them to the hospital.

Ammunition was found at Boston Latin Academy on Friday for the second time in the past two months. Boston police said ammunition was found at the school around 1:30 p.m. They did not say what type of ammunition was found. The investigation into the incident is ongoing. Over a month ago, back on May 3, a bag of bullets was…

This is the second time in a week that some kind of bullet was found at a Boston school.

A bag of bullets was found at a loading dock at the Boston Latin Academy on Tuesday afternoon. The discover came just days after a .45 caliber bullet was found in a toilet at the Condon Community School in the city’s Southie neighborhood Friday.

For the second time in less than a week, ammunition was found in a Boston Public School building. A bag of bullets was found at a loading dock at the Boston Latin Academy on Tuesday afternoon. The discovery came just days after a .45 caliber bullet was found in a toilet at the Condon Community School in the city’s Southie…

Police are doing a thorough sweep of the building in Dorchester after a bag of bullets was found at a loading dock at the school on Tuesday afternoon.

A bag of bullets was found at a loading dock at the Boston Latin Academy on Tuesday afternoon, according to Boston Police. Police confirmed the bag of ammunition was found, but no weapon. The initial call came in at 1:52 p.m., after students had been dismissed, so the school did not have to go into lockdown. Officers responded and did…

The Boston School Committee was set to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would suspend the entrance test for the city’s exam schools for the 2021-22 year. If the motion passes, students would get invitations to the schools based on grades, test scores and their zip code, rather than the entrance test, which was introduced in 1963. Exam schools in…

Warm fall days are heating up school classrooms that don’t have access to air conditioning. The Boston Herald reports that students and teachers in some schools have been sweltering in the face of unseasonable warm temperatures.

As the city of Boston continues to confront issues regarding race and diversity, a new Harvard report reveals that black and Latino students who have similar MCAS scores as their white and Asian classmates still face hurdles preventing admission to the city’s top exam schools. The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s policy brief, which...

U.S. News and World Report has released its annual ranking of the nation’s top high schools. Two public schools in New England – Boston Latin in Boston, Massachusetts and Amistad Academy in New Haven, Connecticut – cracked the top 100 on the new list.

Thousands packed Boston Common on Saturday to march and rally for stricter gun laws in the U.S.

Thousands are expected to pack Boston Common this weekend to march and rally for stricter gun laws in the U.S.

Thousands are expected to pack Boston Common this weekend to march and rally for stricter gun laws in the U.S.