New windows at a Boston high school were supposed to be ready last fall. They're still not done.

There's a high school in Boston that continues to struggle with renovations.

A window project at English High School in Jamaica Plain was supposed to be finished in the fall of 2025. It dragged on into the school year. Now, as another school year is about to begin, the project still isn't done.

Scaffolding and cranes continue to line the streets around the school, where natural light has been blocked from some classrooms. Window coverings have been added for safety.

"Just seeing like all this drilling and stuff going on, but I'm not quite sure exactly what they're fixing," said Sam Molina, who lives in the neighborhood. "If I were a student, it would probably be a little disruptive for me." 

In September 2025, WBZ-TV covered the story while windows at the school remained under construction while students returned for a new year. Boston Public Schools said at the time that phase one of the project was nearly complete and that boards would be removed from the windows soon.

"The windows at English High School are just a highly visible example, I would say, of a much larger facilities problem in our schools. Many of our schools are pre-World War II or even pre-World War I," said Erik Berg of the Boston Teachers Union.

He hopes to see more resources put into public schools across Boston.

"The City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do need to invest more, particularly in school facilities, in Boston, where many of our buildings are aging and crumbling and they're not providing students in every case the type of facility that they need," Berg said.

In a statement, the Boston Public Facilities Department said, "Temporary window coverings have been installed due to unforeseen delivery delays. Remaining work will take place after school hours with final completion projected for later this fall."

A spokesperson for Boston Public Schools said there are only a few classroom windows left that need to be replaced as part of phase two of the renovation.