AB Forward Packet for School Committee 12.18.2025

campuses are organized into K-3 Lower Schools and 4-6 Upper Schools.

Option 6

Shift from six existing elementary schools to three larger K-6 schools located at the Blanchard, Boardwalk, and Parker Damon campuses.

Three large K-6 schools Broad Structural Change

Disruption and Displacement Matrix

Students displaced from their current school

Students disrupted or impacted by change

Option

Description

Students Displaced (School Closed/ Merged/ Dissolved)

Percentage of Total K-6 Enrollment

Students Disrupted or Impacted

Percentage of Enrollment Disrupted or Impacted

Option 3, v2

Close Merriam School (Displacement). Relocate the intact Conant community into the available facility.

395 (Merriam enrollment)

15.8% (High Intensity)

410 (Conant community relocated intact) + ~1,688 (Impacted by students and staff joining school community) 410 (Conant community relocated intact) + ~1,257 (Impacted by students and staff joining school community)

16.4% (Disrupted elocation of Conant) + 65.5% (Impacted by students and staff joining school community)

Option 4

Merge Merriam and McCarthy-Towne (McT) into one school (Displacement/ Reconstitution). Relocate the intact Conant community.

826 (Merriam + McT enrollment, dissolved and reconstituted as a single new school) 350 Displaced from the combined enrollment dispersed into

33.1% (High Intensity)

16.4% (Relocation of Conant) +

50.5% (Impacted by students and staff joining school community)

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