BPS abandons plan to purge school buildings | Dorchester Reporter
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‘We can’t close our way out of’ enrollment spiral Despite a decrease in student enrollment by 15.2 percent since 2014-15, officials have unveiled a long-term facilities vision for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) without identifying a single building that would close permanently. Instead of counting buildings and rooms, the presentation at the May 22 meeting of the Boston
  • @ripcord
    2•4 months ago

    Why have enrollments dropped? Fewer people having kids? Change of demographic to people who are just less likely to have kids?

    • @boreboreOPMEnglish
      2•4 months ago

      I was wondering the same thing.

      • @ripcord
        2•4 months ago

        It’s definitely not a drop in population :)

        • @[email protected]English
          1•4 months ago

          Less people having kids because it would be financially devastating with the housing costs and average incomes?

          That’s seems to be happening in much of the rest of the expensive cities.

          And the ones who can easily afford kids, also send them out to private schools in our town.