"....the district is proposing a design to accommodate approximately 1,600 students in the new Pickering. This will also relieve enrollment pressures at other middle schools within the district."
Again, what city and school leaders are saying is that the new Pickering will no longer be a neighborhood school. I am assuming this would mean the other middle schools would also no longer be neighborhood schools.
“Folks might feel comfortable sending their kids to elementary schools here, but by middle school age, that’s when parents make decisions on sending their children to private schools and whether Lynn is even in their future.”
This is true. However, the school building itself typically does not play a major role in this decision. Most parent's who are concerned about sending their kids to the middle and high schools, are mainly concerned about the environment their kids will be in and the education their kids will receive. These concerns include the safety and well-being of their kids, as well as the influence their peers will have both in and out of school. Low test scores, level 3 schools, overcrowded and chaotic classrooms, gangs, violence, etc. These are what parent's worry about and lead them to think about sending their kids to school elsewhere or moving out of the city entirely, not a school building.
"Lynn is already well on its way to completing the Marshall Middle School, another project that qualified for the MSBA’s plan in which cities and towns can get up to 80 percent reimbursement for new school buildings."
Here we go again with the misleading terminology. The MSBA reimburses cities and towns up to 80% of "eligible costs" not total costs. The difference is MILLIONS of dollars paid for by the taxpayers!
The city is one step closer to beginning the process of constructing its second new middle school.
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