Lourdjinia Louis came here five and a half years ago from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, bewildered by US culture and speaking no English as she enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Last month she graduated at the top of her class.
It’s probably more appropriate to ask Jeremiah Burke High School valedictorian Alicia Rose what accomplishments she didn’t achieve in high school, rather than what she did. From varsity volleyball and dual enrollment college classes to being a mental health ambassador to finding a new passion on the dance team, Rose, 18, seems to have found success in most everything she has
Washington Irving Middle School in Roslindale, the Jackson-Mann K-8 school in Allston and James P Timilty Middle School in Roxbury will be shuttered as part of.