One student was arrested and a knife was confiscated after a fight between two teenagers that sent a South Boston high school into lockdown. Head of School Nachelle Gordon said Excel High School was placed into “safe mode” for approximately 25 minutes Wednesday, “due to a physical altercation involving a few students.” Police said the … Read more
The Healey and Wu administrations finally were forced to acknowledge highly infectious chickenpox cases at a migrant shelter in Roxbury this week but deliberately downplayed the outbreak for political reasons and released only limited information. “There is no outbreak concern,” a Boston Public Schools official said – only after the Herald and other media asked … Read more
Police are investigating a physical altercation involving two students, one of whom was struck with an object and hospitalized, at a Boston high school Monday. Richard Chang and Stephen Cirasuolo, heads of the Josiah Quincy Upper School, said in a letter to families that the students involved in the afternoon fight will face disciplinary action … Read more
Mayor Michelle Wu stood by her position that the city will not consider applying the initiative granting BPS students free access to museums to other students on Sunday. “This was a very carefully negotiated opportunity over the course of an entire year of conversations and negotiations,” Wu said, visiting the Boston Children’s Museum with her … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu laid out her vision for the upcoming year, making a number of commitments around housing affordability, public education and green initiatives in her second state of the city address on Tuesday. Speaking at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Wu described the state of the city as “strong,” highlighting prior efforts … Read more
