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Council hearing also presses city on Madison Park redevelopment, MSBA application and community input
Summary
Boston officials and community members spent substantial time Jan. 22 discussing the future of Madison Park Vocational Technical High School and how the city is handling community engagement for that project.
Boston officials and community members spent substantial time Jan. 22 discussing the future of Madison Park Vocational Technical High School and how the city is handling community engagement for that project.
Why it matters: Madison Park is the city's only comprehensive vocational-technical high school. Alumni, school leaders, labor advocates and education experts said investing in the school is critical to fill local workforce needs in trades and technical fields.
Alumni and parents said the long-running project has been opaque and that critical decisions had been made without sufficient advance notice to families, teachers and students. Robert Jenkins, president of the Madison Park Alumni Association and a member of the Independent…
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