Then, once a week, the students have a 30-minute recess at the nearby East Somerville Community School. Phinney, a former preschool teacher, said the weekly excursions aren’t enough.

The plan could also address the needs of the Brown School, which is more than a century old. The post Somerville’s plans to replace Winter Hill school enter next phase appeared first on Boston.com.

The legal challenge comes in the wake of mass layoffs at the department, which, along with some voluntary departures, resulted earlier this month in roughly 2,000 workers suddenly leaving the ...