About 40,000 Boston Public School students in first to twelfth grades went back to school Thursday in hot and humid conditions. The district kicked off the school year with more bus drivers and fewer teacher vacancies compared with last year.
The basketball courts at Walker Playground in Mattapan, where 11-year-old Daniyah Archibald and her friends have developed smooth jump shots, is considered a safe haven in the neighborhood. But during a school recess one day last March 27, that feeling of safety fell away as Daniyah picked up a purse left by a fence and found a loaded 9mm handgun inside. “I felt kind of
Conventional wisdom might suggest that Concord and Dorchester don’t have much in common, but state Rep. Chris Worrell of Dorchester and his colleague, state Rep. Simon Cataldo of Concord have found lacrosse to be a common denominator between the two communities. The lawmakers are planning a one-day workshop at Franklin Park’s White Stadium– staffed by local Harlem Lacrosse
The Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council (GMNC) welcomed Boston Globe columnist and editor Jeneé Osterheldt to its April meeting to talk on the theme of building resilience and community in Mattapan. Osterheldt, a senior assistant managing editor for culture, talent, and development, appeared at the online meeting to detail her work in the Globe series of columns entitled ‘A
The Wu administration’s push to secure state funds for a new “world-class” school building to house the controversial proposed merger of the Shaw and Taylor Elementary Schools has brought some push-back from parents and advocates who say similar efforts to win grants for Boston schools have failed in recent years. The skeptics point to similar promises in the South End,