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Christa McAuliffe Regional Charter Public School District (CC, Framingham, 6–8, serving the Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopedale, Marlborough, Natick, Southborough and Sudbury school districts) City on a Hill Charter Public School District (CC, Roxbury section of Boston, 9–12, serving the Boston school district)
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), sometimes referred to as the Massachusetts Department of Education, is the state education agency for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, identified by the U.S. Department of Education. [4] It is responsible for public education at the elementary and secondary levels.
The BESE is unique in that 1 of its 11 members is a Massachusetts public school student. Legislation filed in 1971 by Governor Francis W. Sargent created the position. By this same legislation, the Massachusetts State Student Advisory Council was established. The Chairperson of this Council sits as a full voting member on the BESE.
Primary and secondary school attendance is compulsory and free for Massachusetts residents aged 6–16. Massachusetts has a school choice law which allows students to attend a school in a district outside their municipality if the other district has space and approves. K-12 students may also attend private schools.
The Culture Factory: Boston Public Schools, 1789-z860 (Oxford UP, 1973) online; Smith, Wilson. "The Teacher in Puritan Culture," Harvard Educational Review 36 (Fall 1966): 394-411. Vinovskis, Maris. The origins of public high schools: A reexamination of the Beverly High School controversy (U of Wisconsin Press, 1985) online. Vinovskis, Maris A.
BPS is the oldest public school system in America, founded in 1647. [13] It is also the home of the nation's first public school, Boston Latin School, founded in 1635. [13] The Mather School opened in 1639 as the nation's first public elementary school, [14] and English High School, the second public high school in the country, opened in 1821. [13]
Its school colors are black (Onyx) and green (Jade) and the mascot is Fuller Falcons. The school is located on Flagg Drive across from the McCarthy Elementary School. [16] It has been cited as a Commonwealth Compass School. [7] Walsh Middle School Walsh Middle School opened in 1969 and is named after Framingham educator, William S. Walsh.
As of December 2022, New Bedford Public Schools had 161 enrolled students who speak primarily K’iché out of its 13,000 student population. The U.S. Department of Justice and the school district came to resolution so the school district could provide appropriate Kʼicheʼ language services. [ 10 ]