Seems Tom Menino wants to build a new Boston Arts Academy on what is now a city parking lot at Tremont and Washington streets.

The Sox connection? The city would pay for part of the $100-million project (take that, Newton) by selling the current high school, valued at $13.2 million, to the Red Sox, Banker and Tradesman reports.

Via John Keith, who wonders why the city needs a new high school when he keeps reading about half-empty school buildings.