Schools

The city O.K.'d a four-building deal in the North End that will allow the strapped Eliot K-8 School to expand (it has a wait list of 295): "The four buildings—37-39 North Bennet St. and 48-52 Tileston St. in the North End—are a short distance from the Eliot K-8 School." That's family-friendly Boston for ya! [Boston.com]