Brenda Cassellius

Two people are being considered the finalists for superintendent of Boston Public Schools, the embattled district announced Tuesday. They are Mary Skipper, the superintendent of Somerville Public Schools, and Tommy Welch, who oversees 15 BPS schools as the Region 1 superintendent, the district’s Search Committee said. Each has years of experience within the district, which may help either of them…

Mayor Michelle Wu announced an investment of more than $2 billion as part of a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools Thursday. “Activists, scientists, leaders at every level of government are sounding the alarm for us to address the climate and public health crises of our time and to recover economically from COVID-19,” Wu said. “Now is the time…

The Boston School Committee has voted to close Mission Hill K-8 School, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent Brenda Cassellius after an investigation found the school systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65…

An investigation found Mission Hill K-8 School systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65 interviews and collected over two million documents from October 2021 to March 2022. The investigation found sexual misconduct, bullying,…

Boston school officials are calling for an elementary and middle school in Mission Hill to close following allegations of sexual and physical misconduct among students. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain at the end of this academic year. Boston Public Schools said Wednesday that a report from law firm Hinckley Allen,…

As the state’s elementary and secondary education commissioner prepares to review the Boston Public Schools, Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday said she “firmly” opposes the idea of putting the district under receivership. Two years after the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced a memorandum of understanding with Boston aimed at addressing what DESE called “persistent challenges” identified in...

It’s a time of transition for Boston Public Schools, which is in need of a new superintendent, and now some are questioning whether the district would benefit from receivership. The Pioneer Institute, an education think tank, is urging Massachusetts education officials to appoint a receiver to address what it calls the district’s “chronically low performing schools.” In a study...

Three months into her first term, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been tasked with finding a permanent leader to take over atop the city’s public schools at the same time that she is engaged in the process of appointing the Boston Police Department’s next commissioner. To that end, Wu and School Committee Chair Jeri Robinson announced Thursday there will...

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement.

When Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius resigns at the end of the school year, she’ll take with her hundreds of thousands of dollars from a separation agreement. The Boston Public School Committee is expected to sign a separation agreement Wednesday to give Cassellius at least $311,000, the Boston Herald reported. Cassellius will step down at the end of the…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius held a press conference Tuesday, a day after announcing Cassellius’ resignation.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius held a press conference Tuesday, a day after announcing Cassellius’ resignation.

Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will publicly address her resignation as the head of the Boston Public School district Tuesday morning.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Superintendent Brenda Cassellius held a press conference Tuesday, a day after announcing Cassellius’ resignation. Cassellius still hasn’t given a specific reason for her departure, saying Tuesday that she remains “just as committed to this city and school district as the day I arrived.” She called her time as superintendent “an incredible opportunity” and said...

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius announced Monday that she will resign at the end of the current school year.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius will resign at the end of the school year, bringing to an end a three-year tenure marked by COVID-19 upheaval and leaving Boston’s new mayor with major decisions on the education and policing fronts. Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled Cassellius’s impending departure, calling it a “mutual decision” by the mayor, superintendent and Boston School...

After roughly 1,200 teachers and staff members called out on Tuesday and nearly as many sick on Wednesday, Boston Public Schools continued to adapt to rising COVID-19 cases. “There are staffing shortages in the schools and that’s a significant challenge to maintain safety for the students,” said Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teachers Union. To help alleviate the shortage,…

More than 150 Boston teachers have already called out sick for the return to school from winter break Tuesday, Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said Monday. Cassellius and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gave an update Monday morning on the district’s plans to return to school on Tuesday after winter break. The superintendent did not give the latest number of teachers who will…

The Dr. William W. Henderson K–12 Inclusion School in Dorchester is closed for a second consecutive day Friday as the district works on a plan to return safely after the principal was seriously injured in an attack.