College students at 4 BPS faculties near the Celtics Championship Parade route will kick off their summer time break a day early this 12 months, BPS officers introduced Wednesday.
“After consulting with Boston Police, City of Boston Transportation Department and DESE, we have decided to close four schools on Friday that will be directly impacted by street closures and increased pedestrian traffic along the parade route,” Superintendent Mary Skipper wrote in a letter Wednesday. “These schools will be inaccessible to school buses and also would experience significant dismissal challenges for students who walk, take the MBTA, or are picked up from school.”
Snowden Worldwide Excessive College, Josiah Quincy Higher College, Josiah Quincy Elementary College, and the Eliot may have their final day of lessons on Thursday as an alternative of Friday, the announcement said.
Friday is the final day of lessons throughout the BPS district and a half day for college kids. In any respect faculties, Skipper mentioned, dad and mom ought to “anticipate significant afternoon drop-off delays due to road closures and increased traffic” on Friday.
Due to the half day, she warned, most faculties can be dismissing college students in the course of the parade.
Earlier championship parades and the Presidential go to final fall brought about “multiple hour delays on some bus routes,” the superintendent mentioned.
On the closed faculties, the letter added, workers will nonetheless have the ability to entry services to finish work. The buildings can be closed to college students.
“Ultimately, these decisions were made with student safety in mind, as well as the logistical constraints of managing dismissal and transporting our students to school and home in a timely manner,” Skipper mentioned.
College students and households with extra questions might contact the Boston Public Faculties Helpline at 617-635-8873 or through electronic mail at helpline@bostonpublicschools.org, Skipper mentioned.
