I recently contacted principal Traci Griffith at the Eliot Elementary School concerning drinking and disturbances in the school playground. In response, Traci has very constructively agreed to have the gate that abuts the Prado locked each evening at 9 p.m. This will significantly discourage kids from entering the playground after dark. Traci has worked with us Read More…
News release from Boston Public Schools: Boston Public Schools back-to-school hotline up and running Operators answered 599 calls on first day Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Carol R. Johnson announced Wednesday that the back-to-school hotline (617-635-9046) is up and running. On Monday, the first day of operation, the operators fielded 599 calls. Multi-lingual operators are Read More…
The attached letter relates specifically to ongoing problems at the Eliot Elementary School, which helped lead to the near-riot conditions at and near the Prado this past weekend. However, the general problem of noise and disturbances is again becoming serious and we need to encourage our police and elected officials to do more. The street Read More…
Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez, President of North Bennet Street School (NBSS), updated the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association on the school’s move to the former City police and printing buildings at North and Richmond streets. View the video above for the short presentation by the NBSS President at the August 9, 2012 NEWRA meeting. Although the Read More…
From toilets on Charter St., trash strewn on the Prado to shredder trucks on Commercial St., it was quite a week on Citizens Connect for complaints to the city regarding issues in the North End / Waterfront area.
The following letter was sent this week to City Hall by the Boston Finance Commission, a watchdog group within the city system, regarding two issues related to the pending sale/swap of North and Richmond Street city properties to the North Bennet Street School. The agreement allows for the Eliot K-8 public school to expand into Read More…
Our favorite “flower in her hair” community photographer, Michele Morgan, shares more than 100 photos from last week’s Eliot School Fundraiser, held at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. Michele wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to see the dancing photos! If you can’t get enough, there are more photos from the Eliot Read More…
Coming off the well-received expansion news for their school, parents and friends of the John Eliot K-8 School celebrated at a fundraiser on Friday to benefit the North End neighborhood school. Supporters perused an extensive silent auction before enjoying a full-course dinner followed by dancing to a DJ at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. Photos Read More…
There was resounding applause at the Eliot K-8 School on Tuesday night as North End and Downtown Boston families joined with City and Boston Public School officials to celebrate an agreement substantially expanding the Eliot to a second campus at the nearby North Bennet Street School buildings. Importantly, BPS Superintendent Carol Johnson announced that a Read More…
There is high praise coming from all sides regarding the “win-win” agreement of expanding the Eliot K-8 Public School into the existing North Bennet Street School properties that would also allow NBSS to grow its trade and craft school in the North End. Through a cash and building swap valued at $11.4 million, NBSS, a Read More…
The following press release from the City of Boston details terms of today’s $11.35 million agreement of a building and cash swap, including the city owned 150 North St. and 130-140 Richmond St., in exchange for four buildings owned by the North Bennet Street School. The swap will allow for a substantial expansion of the Read More…
The Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End was the sight of an inspiring community celebration on Sunday, April 29, 2012, commemorating the great American sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, his internationally known landmark Paul Revere statue and the Prado park, designed by famed landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and architect Henry Shepley. The public event drew hundreds Read More…