���I say every day around the city that our top priority is making Boston a home for everyone and that has everything to do with our young people, our schools, school communities and opportunities for families in Boston,��� the mayor said during a press conference at Roxbury���s Dearborn STEM Academy. ���That is the story behind these numbers.���

The figure represents both a 1.6% increase from Boston���s 2024 graduation rate of 79.7%, and a slight increase from the previous BPS graduation record of 81%.

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In Lynn, city officials transformed a former bank into a place for pre-college classes that has doubled the program���s ability to enroll students.

And in Chelsea, the city acquired a church it plans to turn into classrooms to free up space in its high school.

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Boston officials said 70% of the city’s schools could see staff reductions. The Braintree School Committee supported a plan that would eliminate 33 positions, Andover let go of 34 educators earlier this year and Brookline and Pittsfield are considering hundreds of teacher cuts.

���Roughly 100 staff members, including myself, were notified that they will not have a job, but they must wait until May 15 to receive [formal] notice,��� English teacher Samantha Sarantakis told the Braintree School Committee recently. ���It is no longer a matter of if you lose talented and dedicated staff, but when.���

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Speakers from CAMERA, a pro-Israel group that organized the meeting, said policies ���that promote diversity, equity and inclusion have been contaminated by antisemitism,” according to a person in attendance.

During the two-hour gathering, speakers argued that DEI initiatives distilled complex issues down to the oppressors vs. the oppressed. They say white Jews have been labeled oppressors, bypassing the historical and modern oppression they experience ��� and that framing fuels hatred of Jewish people, especially as it relates to the crisis in Gaza and Israel. The speakers condemned teachers��� union support for a ceasefire in Gaza and student-organized walkouts in support of humanitarian aid to Palestine.

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But this year the federal government���s new and “improved” Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, isn’t helping. The crucial form rolled out three months late and riddled with confusing mistakes.

Students need to submit the form to qualify for financial aid, and some colleges require it as early as mid-January.

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It’s part of an agreement BPS made in 2022 to avoid a state takeover, and a reaction to years of underserving Black and brown students in special education and multilingual learning.

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