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In Lynn, many students learn in overcrowded classrooms built in the 19th century. Barnstable Public Schools have leaky roofs, windows that don’t open, and old buildings that leave classrooms too cold or too hot. Boston’s crumbling elementary schools lack gyms, cafeterias, and libraries.
These mostly low-income and Black or Latino students learn in significantly worse physical conditions than their wealthier peers in suburban and other districts, according to a Globe analysis of new data collected by the state’s school construction agency.
Overall, the state’s school buildings have improved significantly, according to the assessment of more than 1,500 campuses statewide from the Massachusetts School Building Authority. But deep disparities have persisted between districts serving mostly white and wealthy students and those serving more disadvantaged children, such as Lowell, Holyoke, and Boston.
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