Mayor Wu told Reporter editors in a wide-ranging interview this month that her legacy will hinge on how the Boston Public Schools (BPS) improve during her administration, including the likelihood of consolidating small school communities that dominate the side streets and neighborhoods throughout Dorchester and Mattapan. She spoke at length about the proposed merger of the
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,