Under the proposed change, the 10 bonus points awarded to applicants who attend high-poverty schools regardless of whether they live in a low-income household would vary in value depending upon where applicants live in the city.
The BPS team is on the "final mile" of plotting out how to address decades of neglect and disinvestment in school facilities, district officials announced last week.
After months of back and forth between parents, BPS officials and school committee members, Superintendent Mary Skipper said the district is actively looking into "incremental" changes to alter the controversial policy at Wednesday night's school committee meeting.
Of the 408 higher-income students who received bonus points based on where they attend school, nearly 85 percent were admitted. Of the 29 low-income students who didn’t, 13 were not admitted.