The proposal also calls for expanding the Eliot K-8 School in the North End, which has a long waiting list of students, and creating two new in-district charter elementary schools.
School officials say the goal is to provide more high-quality educational opportunities for stu dents and parents so they do not flee to private schools or independently run state charter schools. Students often leave the school district if they fail to gain entry to the schools slated for expansion, said Boston schools Superintendent Carol R. Johnson.
“We are trying to be responsive and accountable for using the resources of the city well and making sure the right matches are there,’’ Johnson said in an interview. “Ultimately, it’s our responsibility to create opportunity and access wherever we can to the best schools possible for our children.’’
She will present the proposal to the School Committee tomorrow night. She said the board would probably vote on it in the fall, although the charter school proposals will need preliminary approval tomorrow night.
The proposed expansions come just weeks after Boston closed or merged about 18 schools in an effort to reduce operating expenses and a surplus of space at many schools across the city, a consequence of a sharp decline in enrollment across the system.
But the city has subsequently faced pressure from the Massachusetts School Building Authority to reactivate about a half-dozen schools that have undergone renovations, paid for largely with state funds.
Yesterday, the authority warned school officials in a letter that it will cut off funding or recoup past payments for renovations at about a half-dozen shuttered schools if the buildings remain idle. The school district must submit a plan for using the buildings for K-12 programs by Sept. 30.
Of particular concern is the $41 million renovation of Hyde Park High about a decade ago; 90 percent of that work was covered by the state. Nearly $13 million in state payments remain on that project.
