Itâs time for Boston to start talking about closing its exam schools Improving the admissions process wonât change the systemic disparities created by selective schools. By Tom KeaneUpdated April 1, 2021, 11:56 a.m. Email to a Friend Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/Globe staff photo illustration People are up in arms about Bostonâs exam schools. Traditionalists argue the threeâBoston Latin School, Boston Latin Academy, and the John D. OâBryant School of Mathematics and Scienceâshould keep the same rigid admissions requirements theyâve had for decades: a mix of a test scores and studentsâ GPAs. Reformers want new measures for admittance, measures they hope will diversify the schoolsâ student populations.