Brookline Selects Ninth School Site

BROOKLINE, MA – The Brookline Board of Selectmen and School Committee voted Thursday night to name a 2.6-acre section of land off of Heath Street the location for the town's newest school.

The "Baldwin site" currently houses the Baldwin school, which is used for auxiliary high school programs and child care. It will be Brookline's ninth public school, which officials deemed necessary given growing enrollment rates.

Two other sites were under consideration - the Baker School site and the Village (Stop & Shop) site.

School officials say K-8 enrollment has increased from 3,896 students to 6,193 students since 2005, representing a 40 percent increase in enrollment. An estimated 700 K-8 students and 451 high school students are expected to enroll in the next five years.

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