Christopher Huffaker

On last spring’s exams, 10th graders had to earn at least 25 percent of available points on the math test and 39 percent on the English test to graduate.

Experts said that if the test requirement is repealed, the state should consider alternate graduation requirements to ensure continued minimum standards.

Thousands of Massachusetts students each year are locked out of the state’s trade high schools, which are straining at the seams after decades of growing interest.

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Even the youngest students, third graders who were only in kindergarten when schools shut down, remain significantly behind their pre-pandemic peers.

Part of the state improvement plan required the district to hit an on-time arrival rate of 95 percent, a target BPS has tried to meet for more than a decade.

The district still falls short of the 95 percent on-time arrival rate that is required under a state improvement plan.

The on-time arrival rate Thursday morning was the worst first-day performance BPS has reported in the last nine years and reverses substantial progress from 2022 to 2023.

The district transports 22,000 students daily on its 632 buses.

An outside attorney interviewed more than 80 people and found “the credible evidence does not support a finding of a toxic workplace.”