Match Charter Public School: Dubbed Tutoring’s ‘Patient Zero,’ Boston’s Match High School Weathers Trump Cuts
When they first walk into Match Charter Public High School, students confront a purely physical challenge: its steep marble staircase.
Erected in 1917 as part of a three-story auto accessory and tire rim shop, it frames the main hall of Match, one of Boston’s — and the nation’s — longest-surviving charter high schools. With its wide, sweeping opening and challenging rise, it offers an implicit message, students and teachers say: “You must demonstrate a basic level of dedication simply to get to class on time. Come on in. This will be hard, but stick with it.”
“It’s just a thing that happens for everyone who comes into the school,” said senior Caleb Tolento. “You have to get used to the stairs eventually, because you have to go through all the different levels of the school.”
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