School overview
Carter School
Who governs Carter School, how its new building was funded, and what the public record shows. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who makes decisions for Carter School?
Carter is a Boston Public School governed districtwide by the appointed Boston School Committee. BPS says every school should have a School Site Council that reviews the Quality School Plan and budget, but Carter's public site does not expose a council roster, calendar, agenda, or minutes archive. The current school contact page names Mark O'Connor as principal and Kim Kulasekaran as assistant principal.
A specialized citywide program
The school serves students ages 3 to 21 with significant cognitive disabilities and complex medical needs, using intensive communication, early-literacy, therapy, and life-skills supports.
Capital funding is documented
The new building cost $111.4 million. The City says the Massachusetts School Building Authority contributed $30.5 million; City support covered the rest of the project partnership.
Operating spending is a gap
The collected Carter-specific record contains no annual school allocation or spending report, so it would be misleading to turn the capital cost or districtwide figures into a school per-pupil amount.
Local decisions are not reviewable here
No Carter Site Council meeting record was found after searches of the school site, BPS archives, City notices, official video, and Drive/Docs results.
The absence of an online council archive does not establish that Carter lacks a council or that meetings did not occur; it means the local deliberations could not be reviewed from the public sources located.
Where the school stands
Capital project cost, not annual operating spending.
The announcement identifies this amount as Massachusetts School Building Authority Core Program support.
Up from 25 students in the former facility.
Context from the documented search: no public Carter Site Council agenda, minutes, calendar, or recording archive was located; this is not proof no meetings occurred.
Major projects
New Carter School building and closeout
Open; final commissioning work remains proposedStudents moved into the purpose-built campus for 2025-26. The latest collected facilities agenda proposes additional third-party building-envelope testing while the project proceeds through final closeout.
- New campus opened for the 2025-26 school year
- City, BPS, MSBA, and school community held the ribbon cutting
- Public Facilities Commission agenda proposed $25,850 more for building-envelope testing
- Prior filed agenda set this as the owner-project-management contract end date
Funding
City of Boston and Massachusetts School Building Authority
$111.4 million total project; the official opening announcement identifies $30.5 million in MSBA support.
Complete review of 14 collected Carter-specific official records: the school website and brochure, City project and opening pages, and paired notice/filed-agenda records for four public-body meetings.
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