Two intermediate schools serve most public-school children from the neighborhood in Grades 6 through 8.

Dr. Crew's effort is not the first attempt by the school system to send public-school children away for the summer.

The parents of more than 22,000 public-school children applied for the chance to take the Mayor up on his offer.

More than 75 percent of Boston's 55,000 public-school children are black, Hispanic or Asian.

A law that would require that, with limited exceptions, all public-school children must be taught all subjects in English.

Dr. Crew announced last fall that he would play no role in the program, saying his sole responsibility was to the city's 1.1 million public-school children.

Last year, 25,000 public-school children who had recently arrived in this country did not have to take the standardized English reading tests administered every spring.

The archdiocese first advanced the idea of taking some of the city's failing public-school children five years ago.

Under normal circumstances, should a chancellor be advocating the exodus of public-school children to private schools?

This year the city received 32.9 percent of state aid, while educating 36.5 percent of the state's public-school children.