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Boston Public School families experienced significant school bus delays during the first week of the new school year. On the first day of school, 66% of buses were late, according to data provided by BPS. (See the chart below.) This comes as BPS implements a new bus-tracking technology called Zum, a mobile app allows parents to track their child’s rides…

A woman allegedly pointed a weapon and yelled crude comments as she repeatedly sped by Wakefield’s inaugural Porchfest, where children were in the crowd.

The Boston School Committee’s chair person helped kindergarteners on their first day of school Monday — 70 years after she started kindergarten at the very same school. Jeri Robinson remembers her first day at Hale Elementary School clearly — and credits it as the spark that led to her decades-long career in education. “I remember going home on the very…

We got a sneak peak at the food that will be cooked up at Boston Public Schools this school year, and it’s a far cry from the mystery meat of the olden days. This year’s menu, aimed at highlighting the school district’s diversity, includes kelp meatballs, jerk chicken and chicken tikka masala. 

When students at one Boston elementary school return to class, they will still not have something a lot of people might take for granted: walls and doors in their classrooms. For years, families at Blackstone Elementary School have heard various promises from district leaders, but have not seen results. Built in the in the 1970s as an open-concept design, parents…

The classrooms at Blackstone Elementary School in Boston do not have walls or doors, leading to concerns about safety and education.

A teenage girl was shot Thursday as she was leaving her high school graduation.

A teenager who’d just come from her Boston high school graduation at the Institute of Contemporary Art was wounded in a shooting Thursday morning. Police were still looking for the gunman. 

An 18-year-old who’d just come from her high school graduation was shot in Boston’s Seaport District Thursday, Boston police said, while they looked for the person who shot her. The teenager, who “had just recently graduated from Boston Collaborative High School,” was expected to survive, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox told reporters. The location of the shooting, at 200...

“She had grabbed my hair and threw me onto the ground.” That’s how a Boston eighth grade student remembers her beating, by a fellow student down the street from their school, this March. The 13-year-old Condon School student suffered a broken rib, cuts and bruises, and says she’s now scarred physically and emotionally. “It traumatized me,” she said. “I...

The NBC10 Boston Investigators are looking into cases of school violence and what needs to be done to keep kids safe.

Changes are on the way to Boston Public Schools after leaders approved a new budget for the city’s school system — and now, 70% of those schools are facing cuts. The cuts will be spread out across the district, but some schools will feel those cuts more than others. Superintendent Mary Skipper said the cuts are being done strategically and…

Big questions on the future of Boston Public Schools are set to be answered Wednesday night when the school committee votes on the district’s new budget.

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The Boston School Committee is set to vote on the $1.5 billion school budget Wednesday, which likely means staffing cuts at about 70% of schools in the city.

Bracing for budget cuts. That’s what’s expected to be on the way for Boston Public Schools. A vote on the district’s new budget will take place Wednesday. 

The majority of Boston Public Schools will lose staff after a new budget was approved by the school committee Wednesday. The Boston School Committee voted 5-2 in favor of the $1.5 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2025 at a virtual meeting. About 70% of schools will lose staffing, including cuts to music, the arts and libraries. “I’m now in a…

Fears of violence are escalation at the Condon School in South Boston after a fight near the school’s campus was shared on social media. The mother spoke to NBC10 Boston about what happened and says the attack left her 13-year-old daughter with a fractured rib....

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Anacelia Cuevas said school staff treated her 3-year-old nonverbal son “like an animal or a criminal” when they strapped him to a chair with nylon straps and duct tape.

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A disturbing situation at a Boston public school is leaving parents with countless questions Monday morning. An incident involving a special needs student, a teacher and what’s being called an “inappropriate use of restraints.”

Several Boston Public Schools staffers are on leave after being accused of inappropriately restraining a student who goes to the James F. Condon K-8 School in South Boston. The district says it’s investigating the incident.