District overview
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How is this Commonwealth charter funded and governed?
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School is a single-school Commonwealth charter LEA serving prekindergarten through grade 6. Massachusetts calculates charter tuition for students' sending districts, while the school's own Board of Trustees oversees the Head of School, budget, academic accountability, and facilities.
One charter LEA and one school
The state lists BRCPS as an active independent public charter district operating one PK–6 school at 1415 Hyde Park Avenue.
Trustees hold governing authority
The board and its academic, facilities, and finance committees review school performance, fiscal plans, the charter accountability plan, and major construction work.
State-calculated charter tuition
Operating public revenue follows enrolled students through Massachusetts' charter-tuition system rather than a Boston School Committee appropriation controlled by BRCPS.
Conditions shape academic oversight
Committee minutes repeatedly connect stagnant results and planned interventions to conditions on the school's charter, even while noting that DESE had not assigned assistance or intervention.
The archive is detailed through April 23, but several later committee and board occurrences have agendas without approved minutes, so proposed May and June actions are not described as completed.
Where the district stands
Reported to trustees on March 25, 2026.
Reported in the October academic review, which said 87% of comparable schools performed better.
Reported November 19, up from 29.1% and above the school's 26.9% goal.
The March 17 Finance Committee minutes describe the forecast as still above $3 million.
Context from Massachusetts DESE's all-funds finance profile; not a collected board document.
Major projects
Academic improvement and charter conditions
Targeted interventions underway after stagnant resultsTrustees reviewed academic projections and an increase from one to two WIN intervention sessions per week.
- The academic committee reviewed a 13th-percentile accountability result, stagnant ELA and mathematics performance, and charter conditions.
- The board reviewed added WIN groups and a nine-week grades 3–5 writing and book-club program.
- Trustees reviewed academic projections and an increase from one to two WIN intervention sessions per week.
Funding
Operating budget; the collected minutes do not isolate program cost
Renovation, HVAC, and modular-space capital program
Owner's project manager selected and design team procurement advancedTrustees reviewed three architect finalists ahead of selection.
- The board approved Terva Corporation as owner's project manager, subject to final design-selection approval.
- The facilities committee reviewed eight architectural proposals and discussed leaking modular classrooms beyond their expected life.
- Trustees reviewed three architect finalists ahead of selection.
Funding
Capital planning and reserves under finance review; final project cost and funding mix are not in the collected documents
FY27 budget and compensation plan
Budget and salary scales approved April 23Trustees approved the FY27 budget and new salary scales, including broad increases for teachers and paraprofessionals.
- The board reviewed proposed teacher and paraprofessional salary changes.
- Trustees approved the FY27 budget and new salary scales, including broad increases for teachers and paraprofessionals.
Funding
Charter operating revenue; assumptions included 3% revenue growth, declining federal grants, and 14% benefit growth
Lower Neponset River EPA matter
Legal briefing received; school-specific impact not establishedThe board received a presentation about the Lower Neponset River Superfund matter and counsel's planned participation in an EPA potentially responsible-party meeting.
- The board received a presentation about the Lower Neponset River Superfund matter and counsel's planned participation in an EPA potentially responsible-party meeting.
Funding
Not identified
Thirty-nine official agendas and minutes from the Board of Trustees and its academic, facilities, and finance committees were collected and reviewed chronologically. Massachusetts DESE finance data provides one contextual spending figure.
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