Mel H. King South End Academies

The Mel H. King South End Academies (formerly the McKinley Schools) stretches across three buildings, all of which are some of the highest-needs school buildings in Boston. The Mel King Academy is a therapeutic day school for students with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, and offers engaging, relationship-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive education for students up to age 22. In 2022, we launched a programming study to develop an updated educational vision for renovated facilities, working with Saam Architecture and Design Civic. That programming study is currently being updated to reflect the District’s goals related to Inclusive Education and an update will be provided to the school community in the fall of 2024. In the FY24 Capital Plan, we are proposing $20.3 million to begin design services to deliver on that vision.