 Click image for more information Pauline A. Shaw School (Elementary)
429 Norfolk Street, Dorchester
Built 1919
James E. McLaughlin, Architect
Pauline A. Shaw, a pioneer in American education, was born in 1841, the daughter of Louis Agassiz. She introduced kindergartens into the Boston Public Schools and was instrumental in securing the use of school buildings as neighborhood centers.
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What's In a Name? Names of Boston's Schools: Their Origin. Boston: School Volunteers for Boston and the Boston Public Schools, 1980.
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This school is slated for closure in 2009 -- Boston Globe 11/20/2008.
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In 2011 the Boston Public School website says that this building is now Boston Adult Technical Academy.
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