If all goes as school leaders hope for, the new school will be the 10th one built in Boston over the past 40 years, and the first in Mattapan and Dorchester since 2003.
Emersyn sits with her classmates in a circle on the rug. The second graders greet one another “Hi Emersyn” and count the days of school with the help of dots on the wall. What Emersyn loves most about her school, the P.A. Shaw on Norfolk Street, is that the people in the building know and care about her. “My teachers love me,” she says, “even if I’m having a hard time.” So,