After BPS Walkout, Walsh Says Budget Will Spare Schools

Boston, MA - Mayor Martin Walsh granted the city's public high schools a reprieve this week, scratching planned budget cuts days after more than 3,000 students walked out of class and descended on the state Capitol in protest Monday.

"As we move forward here, we're going to be making adjustments," he told WBZ NewsRadio's Joe Mathieu Friday. "But at this particular moment, we thought it was the right thing to do, to fully fund all high schools next school year."

Walsh told Mathieu he sat down with BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang to hash out a plan. In the short term, it will entail delaying $6 million in new programming and shifting around other funds. In the longterm, the math is much less simple.

The Boston Globe breaks it down here.

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