North End School Doubles In Size After Land Swap
BOSTON (CBS) - A growing public school in the North End is doubling its size after a unique land swap with a private trade school nearby.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Anthoy Silva reports
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The city is acquiring the private North Bennet Street School, in trade for the city's old printing warehouses on North Street and Richmond Street where it will move.
The Eliot K-8 School will then be able to expand and almost double its student enrollment.
North Bennet Street School President Miguel Gómez-Ibañez says his school gains a presence in the North End, giving it a suitable home for what it does. He notes they've been in the same building since 1881. The school started as a social service center, then became a school for adults, and now he describes it as a technical school of craft.
The city will receive a cash payment of $4 million, and four office buildings.
