City Outlines Deals With Boston’s Charter Schools, Superintendent
BOSTON — Believed to be the first in the nation, a proposed compact between Boston and the city’s charter schools drew praise from Mayor Thomas Menino.
The deal that Menino and the city’s 14 independent charter schools have agreed to could end years of squabbling. Under the compact, charter schools would take more neighborhood students and special needs students. In return, the city may lease empty school buildings to charters.
“The charter schools have stepped forward and said it’s our responsibility also,” Menino said. “It’s public money, we’ll have to share in that responsibility of educating not just some of the children, but all of our children.”
Menino says he believes the school committee will support the proposal, which must be approved by
