Brenda Cassellius

Two people are being considered the finalists for superintendent of Boston Public Schools, the embattled district announced Tuesday. They are Mary Skipper, the superintendent of Somerville Public Schools, and Tommy Welch, who oversees 15 BPS schools as the Region 1 superintendent, the district’s Search Committee said. Each has years of experience within the district, which may help either of them…

Wu laid out the plan to overhaul facilities in the district, including new construction and renovation projects, during a news conference Thursday with other school officials at the McKinley Elementary School in Boston’s South End.

Mayor Michelle Wu announced an investment of more than $2 billion as part of a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools Thursday.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is expected to make a “major announcement” Thursday regarding Boston Public Schools facilities, according to her office.

Mayor Michelle Wu announced an investment of more than $2 billion as part of a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools Thursday. “Activists, scientists, leaders at every level of government are sounding the alarm for us to address the climate and public health crises of our time and to recover economically from COVID-19,” Wu said. “Now is the time…

After it was announced that Mission Hill School in Boston will close, the district has started the process of placing its students in new schools for next year.

A Boston school will close for good by the end of next month following a scathing report on years of misconduct.

The Boston School Committee has voted to close Mission Hill K-8 School, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent Brenda Cassellius after an investigation found the school systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65…

An investigation found Mission Hill K-8 School systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65 interviews and collected over two million documents from October 2021 to March 2022. The investigation found sexual misconduct, bullying,…

The superintendent of Boston Public Schools is recommending the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School over years of allegations about sexual and physical misconduct.

Boston’s superintendent has recommended the school close.

After a scathing report outlining allegations of sexual and physical misconduct at the Mission Hill K-8 School, Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius is calling for its permanent closure.

Boston school officials are calling for an elementary and middle school in Mission Hill to close following allegations of sexual and physical misconduct among students. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain at the end of this academic year. Boston Public Schools said Wednesday that a report from law firm Hinckley Allen,…

As the state’s elementary and secondary education commissioner prepares to review the Boston Public Schools, Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday said she “firmly” opposes the idea of putting the district under receivership. Two years after the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced a memorandum of understanding with Boston aimed at addressing what DESE called “persistent challenges” identified in...

The Pioneer Institute, an education think tank, is urging Massachusetts education officials to appoint a receiver to address what it calls the Boston Public School District’s “chronically low performing schools.”

It’s a time of transition for Boston Public Schools, which is in need of a new superintendent, and now some are questioning whether the district would benefit from receivership. The Pioneer Institute, an education think tank, is urging Massachusetts education officials to appoint a receiver to address what it calls the district’s “chronically low performing schools.” In a study...

Three months into her first term, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been tasked with finding a permanent leader to take over atop the city’s public schools at the same time that she is engaged in the process of appointing the Boston Police Department’s next commissioner. To that end, Wu and School Committee Chair Jeri Robinson announced Thursday there will...

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement.

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement. The Boston Public School Committee is expected to sign a separation agreement Wednesday to give Cassellius at least $311,000, the Boston Herald reported. Cassellius will step down at the end of the…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius held a press conference Tuesday, a day after announcing Cassellius’ resignation.