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BPS Communications Office 617-635-9265, communications@bostonpublicschools.org
November 23, 2005
On November 30, 2005, the Boston School Committee approved the following recommendations from Superintendent Payzant
Burke High School - 60 Washington Street, Dorchester, MA 02121
- Relocate all Burke High School students and staff to the King Middle School building, 77 Lawrence Ave., for SY2006-2007 and SY2007-2008.
King Middle School - 77 Lawrence Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121
- Relocate King Middle School students and staff to the Frank V. Thompson Building for SY2006-2007, SY2007-2008 and SY2008-2009.
- Relocate the King School to the Lawrence Avenue Building in SY2009-2010, possibly as a K1-8 School, retaining the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Establish a planning process (including community) to plan for reprogramming of the King School.
NOTE: The King will remain a citywide school, with no walk zone priority.
Cleveland Middle School - 11 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122
- Do not assign Grade 6 beginning in SY2006-2007.