School overview
Another Course to College
How ACC is governed, what the closure means, and what the public record does not show. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who decides what happens at ACC?
ACC is a BPS pilot school. Its Governing Board is the school-level leadership body: ACC says it includes the head of school, equally represented faculty and parents, community members, and students. The Boston School Committee controls districtwide decisions and approved ACC's closure after the 2026-27 school year.
The Governing Board is the school-level council
ACC describes shared leadership and says its board keeps the school's mission at the center of decisions. Its published roster and calendar are labeled 2024-25, so they should not be treated as current membership or dates.
The Parent Council is separate
The school profile says both bodies meet monthly. ACC's older calendar places the School Parent Council after the Governing Board meeting; the public pages do not explain current elections or publish minutes.
Closure was decided at district level
BPS says the School Committee approved closure on December 17, 2025. New ninth-grade enrollment stops in fall 2026 and the school closes in June 2027.
The absence of current Governing Board minutes does not show that the board is inactive; it only limits what families can verify online.
Where the school stands
BPS's closure page does not label the enrollment snapshot with a school year.
The collected school-level record does not provide ACC's current allocation, so a responsible per-pupil figure cannot be calculated. BPS also budgets transportation, benefits, facilities, and central services outside school allocations.
Major projects
ACC closure and student transition
Closure approved for June 2027BPS is winding down ACC after the School Committee's approval. The district says it assigned a senior capital-planning project manager and would hire a school-based transition support coordinator.
- BPS presents the closure recommendation
- Boston School Committee approves closure
- No new Grade 9 enrollment beginning in fall 2026
- School scheduled to close after the 2026-27 year
Funding
BPS operating and capital-planning support; amount not published on the collected page
The source names transition staffing but gives no dollar amount.
This overview uses ACC's school governance page and profile plus BPS's closure and transition page, all stored in the trailing-year corpus.
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