Lam proposes closing two schools, building one

PROVIDENCE — School Superintendent Diana Lam is proposing the closing of the
six-year-old Feinstein High School for Public Service and the 28-year-old Alternative
Learning Project, and building a new high school that would house students from
the two south end schools. The proposal falls under the planning effort that is
under way in the schools under a $250,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation
of New York that essentially calls on school districts to develop a new and exciting
approach to education based on research on high-performing secondary schools.
Ten cities are vying for five $8 million Carnegie grants, and some suggest Lam’s
proposal makes Providence submission very competitive.