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Mayor Wu last week appointed Chantal Lima Barbosa, a Dorchester resident, to the city’s School Committee. She replaces Lorena Lopera, who resigned to join the school improvement nonprofit EdVestors as its vice president for advancement and external relations. Lima Barbosa will serve out the reminder of her predecessor’s term, which ends on Jan. 1, 2024. She becomes the first
Mayor Michelle Wu has appointed Chantal Lima Barbosa to fill the open School Committee seat ahead of the coming school year, city officials announced in a release Wednesday, making her the first Cabo Verdean woman to serve on the governing board.
Nearly seven years after Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly backed a ballot measure to require more space for farm animals raised for food, pigs are finally getting their day.
Applications for a new appointed Boston School Committee member are now open, the city announced Tuesday, following the resignation of member Lorena Lopera in June.
The Boston School Committee voted last Wednesday (May 24) to approve the merger of Dorchester’s Pauline A. Shaw Elementary School with the Charles H. Taylor Elementary School in Mattapan. The schools are located off Morton Street and sit a three-minute drive apart. The proposal passed by a 6-0 vote, with one member, Rafaela Polanco Garcia, absent. The Shaw-Taylor was one of