BPS proceeds with $1B overhaul – Boston Herald

Boston is overhauling its school buildings with $1 billion dedicated for the next decade to upgrade, renovate or replace the aging building stock as part of its Build BPS facilities master plan.

The 10-year plan released in March found that almost half of the districts buildings were in fair condition while more than half of the 125 schools had poor air quality.

As part of the plan, in August, the city will launch its $13 million 21st Century Schools Fund for school leaders to tap into for short-term capital investments such as technology and new furniture.

Current projects underway or planned for the next year include: a $9.8 million replacement of the roofs at the Dever and McCormack schools and the boilers at the Channing, Condon and Boston Latin and a 3,000-window replacement project over the summer at Community Academy, Curley, Ellis, McKay, Sumner, Tech Boston and Young Achievers for $29 million.

By the end of 2017, construction will be done on the new $73 million Dearborn STEM 6-12 Academy. The city broke ground on a $20 million renovation of the John Eliot K-8 Innovation Upper School on Tuesday, due to be completed by the fall of 2019, with an art studio and a robotics engineering lab overlooking the Charles River.

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