SPRINGFIELD — Educators here want to expand school choice to high school grades for the first time, since a decline in enrollment is leaving open seats in some classrooms.
But School Committee members are hesitant, saying they do not want city teens to be pushed out of prime slots in schools by students from other communities.
School choice allows districts across the commonwealth to accept students from other communities, receiving tuition from the sending school. Under the program, the School Committee can decide how many children in each grade and school they will accept every year, but once students are enrolled, they are allowed to remain in the district until graduation.
