School overview
Community Academy of Science and Health
Who governs CASH, what families should know about its approved closure, and what the public record does not show. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who decides CASH's future?
CASH is a BPS high school governed by the mayor-appointed Boston School Committee. The committee approved closing it after the 2026-27 school year. The school profile also identifies a School Site Council for family and school-level participation, while final district closure authority rests with the School Committee.
The School Committee made the closure decision
BPS records approval on December 17, 2025 after a November recommendation.
Enrollment changes begin before closure
CASH will stop taking new ninth-graders in fall 2026; current eleventh-graders may remain through June 2027.
Families are promised transition support
BPS says other students receive priority placement and help selecting a new high school.
The School Site Council is the local governance body
The official school profile lists both a School Parent Council and a School Site Council, while BPS and the School Committee control districtwide decisions.
School-level spending is not stated
The official CASH records do not give a current allocation or spending per student, and districtwide revenue cannot be treated as the school's own budget.
The public record establishes the district's closure decision but does not show how the School Site Council advised BPS before that vote.
Where the school stands
BPS reports 73 ninth-graders, 75 tenth-graders, 113 eleventh-graders, and 118 twelfth-graders.
BPS cites underuse as one factor in the closure recommendation.
BPS describes this as a decrease over two years.
No current CASH allocation appears in the reviewed school-specific public record.
Major projects
CASH closure and student transition
Approved; closure scheduled for June 2027BPS is phasing out enrollment and planning priority placements before CASH closes.
- Boston School Committee approves closure
- Fall 2026: CASH stops enrolling new ninth-graders
- June 2027: BPS plans to close CASH after the school year
Funding
BPS operating and capital-planning resources; no CASH-specific transition amount is published
BPS says a senior project manager and stipended transition coordinator support the work.
Facts come from three collected official CASH/BPS pages. The review searched for local School Site Council records first and states the resulting gaps directly.
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