School overview
Everett Elementary School
Who decides at Everett, how its FY27 allocation works, and what is changing in the building. Part of Boston Public Schools.
Who makes school-level decisions?
Everett is governed districtwide by the Boston School Committee, whose seven members are appointed by the Mayor. At the school, BPS requires a School Site Council made up equally of elected parent representatives and educators, including the principal. The council reviews the full school budget, approves discretionary spending and the Quality School Plan, and considers recommendations with major effects on the school.
School Site Council
BPS calls this the school's central decision body. Parent representatives are elected by families, and council meetings are public.
School Parent Council
Every parent or guardian is automatically a member and the parent council elects family representatives to the School Site Council.
Boston School Committee
The citywide committee adopts the district budget, sets policy, and oversees the superintendent; its members are appointed rather than elected.
The absence of online Everett council records does not show that the council failed to meet or act; it means recent school-level decisions cannot be reviewed through the public web record collected here.
Where the school stands
$4,533,067 is general funds and $109,251 is external Title I funding. This is a school allocation, not all district spending attributable to Everett.
Context from the Massachusetts school profile; the collected allocation table does not state enrollment.
$4,642,318 divided by 283 students. This derived figure excludes transportation, benefits, facilities, and other centrally held district costs.
The amount is Everett's listed share of the combined $6.5 million Everett and Murphy authorization.
Major projects
Window and door replacement
Design development fundedBoston approved $2,827,974 for Everett's window and door project. City facilities records advanced the work from schematic design to design development, and the April MSBA report still lists it in design development.
- Public Facilities Commission extends project-management and design contracts through 2028 and advances Everett to design development
- City Council passes the two-school $6.5 million borrowing order, including $2,827,974 for Everett
- MSBA project report lists Everett in design development
Funding
City borrowing, with possible MSBA reimbursement
The City Council order authorizes borrowing and says the work may qualify for an MSBA grant; the collected records do not state a final reimbursement amount.
The figures below come from the collected FY27 BPS allocation table, Boston facilities and City Council records, and the MSBA project report. School identity and enrollment context were checked against NCES and the Massachusetts school profile.
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