MILTON- Milton Academy will offer a student-faculty talent show at 7 p.m. Jan. 5. Money from the show will go to pay for costs of a trip to Belize in March, when 27 students and three adults will renovate classrooms, assist with the installation of water pumps, and tutor children.

By L.E. CAMPENELLA The board of trustees of Milton Academy has made a commitment to keep the prestigious private school's elementary grades open. In the face of a parental revolt, Chairman Franklin Hobbs said in an e-mail that the board will not close the school's lower levels.

By L.E. CAMPENELLA MILTON - The head of Milton Academy has resigned her $370,000-a- year job and plans to leave the prestigious private school at the end of the month.

MILTON - The trustees at Milton Academy have decided against closing the middle school. The lower grades, K-5, also will be spared if parents can provide at least $7.5 million in additional funding to boost faculty salaries and financial aid during the next three years.

By Maria Sacchetti, The Boston Globe May 26--After weeks of protests, Milton Academy trustees told a parent committee yesterday that they would preserve the middle school portion of the storied K-12 school.