Boston breaks ground on $97 million Carter School rebuild for students with disabilities

BOSTON — July 20, 2026 — Boston breaks ground on a $97 million rebuild of the Carter School, serving students with disabilities. Mayor Michelle Wu and State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg joined Boston Public Schools Superintendent Casillas, School Committee Chair Jerry Robinson, Vice Chair Michael O'Neill, and MSBA CEO Jim McDonnell at the Monday ceremony, which caps a process officials traced back to the Menino administration. The new facility, designed by Perkins and Will and to be built by Bond Brothers, will expand enrollment from 24 to 60 students and add a therapeutic pool, rooftop outdoor classroom, early childhood program, and redesigned sensory garden. O'Neill, the school committee's designee on the building project, said the expansion represents a breakthrough for "our most vulnerable students." The project was formally invited into MSBA eligibility on December 13, 2017, and the groundbreaking coincides with Wu's announcement of a $2 billion Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools targeting district-wide facility upgrades.