School overview
How Dudley Street is governed and funded, what its current budget shows, and what is underway.
Dudley Street is a Horace Mann charter school: Boston Public Schools per-pupil tuition supplies most annual revenue, while the school's Board of Trustees holds governing and budget authority under agreements with BPS and Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE). BPE supports school leadership, instructional systems, development, and financial administration, but the Board exclusively approves the annual budget.
Per-pupil tuition from Boston Public Schools constitutes the majority of annual revenue, so enrollment and BPS allocations strongly shape the budget.
The Dudley Street Board of Trustees approves the budget, oversees the school leader, and acts on charter and policy matters.
Boston Plan for Excellence is the educational management partner and provides instructional, operational, development, and finance support under the memorandum of agreement.
The charter currently serves one K1-5 school at 6 Shirley Street; the application projects 288 students for 2026-27.
The renewal application describes the school as financially stable but lean and notes that charter-dashboard cash and tuition indicators can be distorted because some funds remain with BPS until requested. Board minutes nevertheless document a current operating gap that requires close monitoring.
The March financial update reported a projected FY2027 budget of $5,054,296.
The charter permits a maximum enrollment of 325.
$5,054,296 projected FY2027 budget divided by 288 projected students. This is context, not a directly reported per-pupil expenditure, and may not capture services retained centrally by BPS.
The report projected approximately $220,000 of cash at June 30.
Six published Board minutes, eleven filed meeting agendas/postings, four renewal-package documents, and the Boston School Committee's renewal minutes.
The school submitted a five-year renewal plan covering academics, governance, finance, family engagement, and school improvements. Both the school's trustees and the Boston School Committee approved the application.
Normal BPS per-pupil and charter operating revenue
The renewal itself does not establish a separate project appropriation.
The school is exploring better library and gym access and a sixth-grade addition intended to bridge its K1-5 program with Dearborn STEM Academy's grades 7-12.
Not yet committed; BPS capital planning and fundraising are under discussion
The collected records do not publish a project budget or approved capital source.
The renewal plan prioritizes literacy and mathematics growth, especially for students with disabilities and students starting below grade level, after recent results fell short of the school's expected-growth target.
Operating budget, BPS per-pupil revenue, and available grants
Board minutes identify reading and mathematics interventionists among services exposed to the structural funding gap.
Boston
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School is governed by a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees under its Massachusetts commonwealth charter. There is no public election for these seats; the board appoints its own successors, as authorized by M.G.L. c.71, section 89.
Official source · verified Aug 19, 2026
Review of 22 official records dated August 18, 2025 through August 10, 2026, including Board minutes, filed public-meeting agendas, the charter-renewal package, and Boston School Committee minutes.
We read every agenda, packet, and set of minutes, and write up the decisions that affect families — each one linked to the document it came from.
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