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It’s now been nearly two months since Boston Public Schools unveiled new technology intended to improve the reliability and on-time performance of the buses that transport thousands of students. As NBC10 Boston reported in September, the bus-tracking mobile app, Zum, had a rocky rollout when the school year began. On the first day of class, two-thirds of the buses were...

Shelby Hewitt’s case was continued until Oct. 22.

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When students at one Boston elementary school return to class, they will still not have something a lot of people might take for granted: walls and doors in their classrooms. For years, families at Blackstone Elementary School have heard various promises from district leaders, but have not seen results. Built in the in the 1970s as an open-concept design, parents…

A new vision for Boston Public Schools could mean cutting the number of schools in the district in half. Currently, the district has nearly 120 schools. But a report released Wednesday includes a proposal to reduce that number to as a few as 59. “I don’t think we need that many schools. But as long as they’re making improvements to…

It looks like Boston Public Schools will be undergoing some dramatic changes in the years to come, likely including a major reduction in the number of school buildings. Facing drops in enrollment year after year and significant infrastructure issues at many school buildings, Boston’s school system outlined its future in a new report that was released Wednesday. The district...

A family is suing Boston’s public school district and a bus company, alleging that their 9-year-old girl was repeatedly sexually assaulted by another child on a bus. The lawsuit, filed against Boston Public Schools and transportation company Transdev Services, alleges that a student of the Match Charter Public School was repeatedly assaulted on the bus over the course of...

Boston Public Schools unveiled a massive new plan this week for its special education program, as the district faces continued concerns of state receivership.

A Boston elementary school student was sent to a hospital in a fall down stairs on Tuesday, according to the school district. The incident at Blackstone Elementary School in the South End took place as the student returned from recess, according to a letter sent to the community by co-interim principals Omawali Stewart and Alaina Bearden. The student was taken…

A school bus caught fire in Boston on Wednesday. Footage from the scene, on a road in Hyde Park, showed a Boston Public Schools school bus with its hood destroyed and charring above the cab. The Boston Police Department confirmed it had been called to a fire but that Massachusetts State Police were in charge of the investigation. NBC10 Boston…

The intense bout of heat that’s been blanketing New England this week has made for a tough start to school for many students and teachers. Just over a dozen schools in Boston’s public district lack air conditioning, and an online dashboard is shedding light on how hot it can get inside these classrooms. Eleven of the schools recorded temperatures...

The school year just got underway and there’s already a shake-up in the schedule.

Officials said the district is in a much better place than last year, thanks to improved staffing.

Skipper said all of the students she spoke with were appreciative and wanted to understand what their options were to get back involved.

Ahead of the first day of school on Thursday, Boston city leaders joined dozens of volunteers canvassing the city in an effort to encourage chronically absent students to return to class. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper worked with the Re-Engagement center on the canvass, and held a news conference afterwards to give an update….

A new poll shows almost half of Boston Public School parents are skeptical about the high school options available for their children, two months after the state education commissioner knocked the district for falling behind state-mandated improvement targets. The survey by MassINC Polling Group showed only 55% of BPS parents said they were satisfied with the high schools available to their...

The first day of school for most grade levels in Boston will be on Sept. 7.

Students at Boston Public Schools are set to return to the classroom next week, and before the first bell rings, the district is aiming to quell any concerns that parents may have. The good news is that the district is nearly fully staffed with teachers, bus drivers, bus monitors and kitchen staff. Staffing was something the district struggled with last…

The district also has 100 more bus monitors than it did a year ago, and is looking to hire even more.

Shelby Hewitt, a former Massachusetts Department of Children and Families worker, is accused of faking paperwork and passing herself off as a teenager to attend three Boston Public High Schools this past year. She’s now facing criminal charges, but parents and students want to know what the district is doing to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Boston Public Schools student Jannell Lamons wants to know how a 32-year-old woman infiltrated the Boston Public School system last year, but now it looks like she might start her sophomore year without any answers. “Right now, I’m feeling kind of frustrated,” Lamons told NBC10 Boston. “Somebody could change their identity, change their name and do it all over...