In the fall, the SFB team embarked on a series to identify the top 10 challenges facing the new superintendent, Dr. Brenda Cassellius, as she began her leadership of the Boston Public Schools. 

As we’ve shared over the last few months during our 10 Challenges series, the ongoing annual announcements from City Hall of funding to address BPS issues seem disconnected from the facilities concerns we hear and read about in news reports and social media posts.

For families with children in the Boston Public Schools, it is not uncommon to hear of budget cuts for the following school year; news that is delivered annually to school communities just prior to the holiday break in December.