By EDWARD MASON Boston will be forced to consolidate or even shutter some schools next academic year because of fiscal conditions even as the system moves to enhance educational programs, according to School Superintendent Carol Johnson.

Here is a sampling of reader comments posted this week on the Opinion page of commercialappeal.com in response to editorials and commentaries. On the Feb.

By POLLY SUMMAR Journal Staff Writer Naomi Melville, the parent of an Alvord Elementary School student, doesn't care that Adequate Yearly Progress tests show that the school is lagging behind. "My older daughter, who's 14, is doing so well at St.

By Rabbi Joshua Elkin Boston's School Committee has taken an exciting first step in getting the best superintendent on its bus. Its decision is a hopeful sign for the continued strengthening of Boston's public schools.

By Otis L Sanford David Kushma, my predecessor as editor of these editorial pages, wrote in somewhat prophetic terms four years ago about the longevity of appointees to run Memphis schools.