From churches to banks, urban school districts find creative ways to update facilities

In New Bedford, school officials renovated a planetarium at the high school to use for history and science lessons.

In Lynn, city officials transformed a former bank into a place for pre-college classes that has doubled the program’s ability to enroll students.

And in Chelsea, the city acquired a church it plans to turn into classrooms to free up space in its high school.

Read more at WGBH News.