EDUCATOR COMMUNITY &
SCHOOL SUPPORT
Mass Learning Project works with 350+ schools implementing Project Lead The Way (PLTW) in Massachusetts to ensure that teachers and school leaders have the resources and support needed to adopt and implement quality PLTW programming focused on hands-on, Applied Learning.
Community Leads
Community Leads (CLs) are MA PLTW teachers who connect MA PLTW educators and share resources, answer questions, and foster collaboration across schools and programs.
Learn more about our CLs and connect with them today!
Lindsey Ayers
Launch
Lindsey Ayers
Lindsey has been a MA Project Lead the Way Launch Community Lead since 2021, joining soon after starting PLTW in her own classroom. Lindsey enjoys meeting educators from across the state and having the opportunity to collaborate and share ideas. Lindsey’s role as a CL is to create a community of Launch teachers who communicate, collaborate, and feel supported. Lindsey also offers professional development at many Mass Learning Project events.
Inspired by the instructional shifts PLTW helped her make to facilitate meaningful student thinking and learning, Lindsey is focused on implementing PLTW Launch in her own district, Westfield Public Schools, as the PreK-4 STEM Instructional Coach. Lindsey runs in-district Core Trainings and offers regular professional development and coaching to teachers at seven schools. Prior to her current role, Lindsey taught 2nd grade for 9 years and reading interventions for 1 year.
Katie Cunningham
HS Computer Science
Katie Cunningham
Katie is a dedicated PLTW Community Lead who fuels the Computer Science Pathway for educators and students throughout Massachusetts. With over 12 years of experience under her belt, she brings a wealth of knowledge in computer science, programming, and cybersecurity to the table. She is not only a skilled instructor but also the Information Technology and Networking Team Lead at Blackstone Valley Tech, in Upton, MA, a SkillsUSA Series Director, and a Master Teacher for the PLTW CS Pathway.
Jess Engebretson
Gateway: DM
Jess Engebretson
Jessica joined the PLTW community in 2017 and is currently a Design and Modeling Community Lead. She teaches PLTW to 6th-8th graders at the JFK Middle School in Northampton. Before landing in Northampton, she brought the PLTW Gateway program to The Springfield Renaissance School with a MA STEM grant. She also previously taught in Boston, South Shore Public Charter School, and in Wisconsin.
Jessica loves using PLTW in the classroom because it allows her to see students discover themselves as confident, creative problem-solvers as they move through the curriculum with a little leeway and some guidance.
Jessica earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Elementary Education, and a MS in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University.
Kate Fischer
Launch
Kate Fischer
Kate is a Lead Launch Teacher (LTT) at Margaret Donovan Elementary School in Randolph, MA. She is in her 17th year teaching elementary students, while entering her third year teaching PLTW to her kindergarten through fifth grade students. PLTW has reenergized Kate as a teacher, and she is eager to watch as her students engage with hands-on science investigations. Kate is experienced with 37 out of the 42 PLTW modules – all of the One8/Mass Learning Project-supported modules and more.
Jess Meade
HS Biomedical Science
Jess Meade
Jess has been teaching science for almost 20 years, with experience teaching all four PLTW Biomedical Science courses. She is Mass Learning Project's Community Lead for Biomed, where she supports teachers across Massachusetts. Our community of excellent Biomed teachers shares a passion for learning together, helping our students become outstanding classroom scientists.
Jess has a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northeast College of Health Studies and worked as a chiropractic physician for 11 years prior to teaching. Additionally, she has a BA in Psychology from Rutgers University and a Teaching Licensure Graduate Program Certificate from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Ashley Puopolo
Gateway: AR
Ashley Puopolo
Ashley is entering into her tenth year teaching PLTW at the Stoneham Central Middle School. She is certified in Automation & Robotics, Design & Modeling, and Science of Technology. This summer she will be adding Energy & the Environment. In addition to teaching students in the classroom, Ashley also enjoys coaching a VEX robotics team, facilitating core trainings as an AR Master Teacher for PLTW, and collaborating with peers as an AR Community Lead for One8 Applied Learning Hub.
Anna Seiders
HS Engineering
Anna Seiders
Anna joined Mass Learning Project in the Fall of 2020 as a Community Lead to support PLTW Engineering teachers in Massachusetts. Anna is currently a Math and Engineering teacher at Everett High School in their STEM Academy, which is committed to providing Everett students with engaging, problem-based, and cross-curricular learning experiences to help build part of the STEM pipeline in Massachusetts. Anna originally studied Math Education, but has now been teaching Engineering using the PLTW curriculum for eight years. She currently teaches PLTW Principles of Engineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture, and Engineering Design and Development, as well as two math courses.
Anna has a B.S. in Math Education from Purdue University, M.A. in Math for Teaching from Harvard University, and a Ed.D. of Leadership in School with a concentration in STEM Education from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Mike Smutok
HS Engineering
Mike Smutok
Mike is a high school Engineering and Materials Processing teacher in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. He has been teaching for 20 years, and has been a part of the Project Lead the Way program for the last ten. Mike has also been a part of the Innovation Pathway Program since its beginning. Mike has a B.S. in Technology Education from Keene State and a M.Ed. in Technology Education from Rhode Island College.
Erinn Toohey
Gateway: AC & CSIM
Erinn Toohey
Erinn, who is starting her 10th year as an educator, currently teaches 5th graders CSIM for PLTW at the Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell. In 2020, Erinn won the Rookie of the Year award from Mass STEM Hub for her work in App Creators. Since then, Erinn has taken many more PLTW classes, including CSIM, Launch, and Science of Technology. Being a Community Lead allows Erinn to help teachers develop the courses into their own. She is happy to help the community dive deeper into the curriculum. Erinn also has many strategies to help manage classroom materials for courses.
Along with in-person and virtual events that take place throughout the year, Mass Learning Project provides ongoing support services to MA PLTW schools, including new school onboarding for One8 PLTW grantees, check-ins and classroom visits (beginning, middle, and end-of-year), and differentiated support focused on PLTW program health and strong student outcomes.
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Mass Learning Project elevates and shares resources and best practices that drive instructional quality and student outcomes throughout Massachusetts. These resources—created by PLTW educators—are all available via the MA PLTW Community Resource Drive. Access is granted to active members of the MA PLTW Community.
Mass Learning Project supports 350+ schools in the Commonwealth implementing K-12 PLTW programming. Find schools in the MA PLTW Community near you!
Boston & Metro West
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Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical (District)Assabet Valley Vocational High School
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BostonEast Boston High
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BostonBrighton High
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BostonLyon High School
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BostonO'Bryant School Math/Science
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BostonTechBoston Academy
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BostonCodman Academy Charter School
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BostonHigginson-Lewis K-8 School
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Boston Collegiate Charter (District)Boston Collegiate Charter School
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Boston Renaissance Charter Public (District)Boston Renaissance Charter Public School
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Bridge Boston Charter School (District)Bridge Boston Charter School
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Brooke Charter School (District)Brooke Charter School
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Brooke Charter School (District)Brooke Charter School
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CambridgeCambridge Rindge and Latin
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DoverChickering
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EverettEverett High
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Excel Academy Charter (District)Excel Academy Charter School
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HollistonHolliston High School
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HudsonC A Farley
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HudsonDavid J. Quinn Middle School
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HudsonForest Avenue Elementary
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HudsonHudson High
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HudsonMulready Elementary
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MATCH Charter Public School (District)MATCH Charter Public School
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MedwayBurke/Memorial Elementary School
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MedwayJohn D McGovern Elementary
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MedwayMedway High
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MedwayMedway Middle
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MiltonCollicot
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MiltonCunningham School
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MiltonGlover (Milton)
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MiltonTucker
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Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical (District)Minuteman Regional High
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NatickBrown
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Neighborhood House Charter (District)Neighborhood House Charter School
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QuincyAtlantic Middle
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QuincyBroad Meadows Middle
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QuincyCentral Middle
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QuincyNorth Quincy High
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QuincyPoint Webster Middle
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QuincyQuincy High
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QuincySouth West Middle School
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RevereAC Whelan
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RevereBeachmont Veterans Memorial School
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RevereRevere High
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RevereSusan B. Anthony Middle School
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SherbornPine Hill
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South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical (District)Joseph P Keefe Technical High School
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WalthamJohn F Kennedy Middle (Waltham)
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WalthamJohn W. McDevitt Middle School
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WalthamWaltham Sr High
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WatertownWatertown High
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WoburnDaniel L Joyce Middle School
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WoburnJohn F Kennedy Middle School (Woburn)
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WoburnWoburn High
Central MA
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AuburnBryn Mawr
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AuburnPakachoag School
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AuburnSwanson Road Intermediate School
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Ayer ShirleyAyer Shirley Regional High School
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Ayer ShirleyLura A. White Elementary School
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Ayer ShirleyPage Hilltop Elementary School
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Ayer ShirleyAyer Shirley Regional Middle School
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BellinghamBellingham High School
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BellinghamJoseph F DiPietro Elementary School
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BellinghamStall Brook
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Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical (District)Blackstone Valley
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Blackstone-MillvilleFrederick W. Hartnett Middle School
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Blackstone-MillvilleBlackstone Millville RHS
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ClintonClinton Elementary
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ClintonClinton Middle School
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ClintonClinton Senior High
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DouglasDouglas High School
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DouglasDouglas Middle School
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Dudley-Charlton RegShepherd Hill Regional High
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Dudley-Charlton RegCharlton Middle School
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Dudley-Charlton RegDudley Middle School
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GraftonGrafton Middle
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GraftonMillbury Street Elementary School
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GraftonNorth Grafton Elementary
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GraftonNorth Street Elementary School
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GraftonSouth Grafton Elementary
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Groton-DunstableGroton Dunstable Regional Middle
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HopedaleHopedale Jr Sr High
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HopedaleMemorial (Hopedale)
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LeicesterLeicester High
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LeicesterLeicester Middle
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LeominsterLeominster High School
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LittletonLittleton High School
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Mendon-UptonHenry P Clough
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Mendon-UptonMemorial School (Mendon-Upton)
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Mendon-UptonNipmuc Regional High
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MilfordBrookside
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MilfordMemorial (Milford)
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MilfordMilford High
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MilfordStacy Middle
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MilfordWoodland (Milford)
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MillburyElmwood Street
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MillburyMillbury Junior/Senior High
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Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical (District)Montachusett Regional Vocational Tech
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NarragansettNarragansett Middle
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NarragansettNarragansett Regional High
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NarragansettTempleton Elementary School
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North MiddlesexAshby Elementary
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North MiddlesexHawthorne Brook
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North MiddlesexNissitissit Middle School
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North MiddlesexNorth Middlesex Regional
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North MiddlesexSpaulding Memorial
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North MiddlesexVarnum Brook
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NorthbridgeNorthbridge High
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QuabbinHubbardston Center
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QuabbinOakham Center
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QuabbinQuabbin Regional High School
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QuabbinQuabbin Regional Middle School
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QuabbinRuggles Lane
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QuabbinHardwick Elementary
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Quaboag RegionalQuaboag Regional Middle Innovation School
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Quaboag RegionalWarren Elementary
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Quaboag RegionalWest Brookfield Elementary
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ShrewsburyOak Middle School
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ShrewsburyShrewsbury Sr High
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SouthbridgeSouthbridge High School
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SuttonSutton High School
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UxbridgeTaft Early Learning Center
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UxbridgeUxbridge High
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UxbridgeWhitin Intermediate
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WachusettMountview Middle
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WachusettChocksett Middle School
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WachusettPaxton Center School
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WachusettCentral Tree Middle School
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WachusettThomas Prince School
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WebsterBartlett High School
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WebsterWebster Middle School
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WinchendonMurdock Middle School
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WorcesterDoherty Memorial High
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WorcesterElm Park Community
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WorcesterForest Grove Middle
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WorcesterJacob Hiatt Magnet
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WorcesterTatnuck
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WorcesterWest Tatnuck
Northeast
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AmesburyCharles C Cashman Elementary
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AmesburyShay Elementary
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AmesburyAmesbury High
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BeverlyAyers/Ryal Side School
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BeverlyHannah Elementary
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BeverlyNorth Beverly Elementary
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BillericaBillerica Memorial High School
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ChelmsfordChelmsford High
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ChelmsfordMcCarthy Middle School
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ChelmsfordByam School
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ChelmsfordCenter Elementary School
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ChelmsfordCharles D Harrington
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ChelmsfordCol Moses Parker School
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ChelmsfordSouth Row
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Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway (District)Community Day Charter Public School - Gateway
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Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect (District)Community Day Charter Public School - Prospect
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Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster (District)Community Day Charter Public School - R. Kingman Webster
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DanversDanvers High
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DanversHolten Richmond Middle School
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DracutBrookside Elementary
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DracutDracut Senior High
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DracutGeorge H. Englesby Elementary School
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DracutGreenmont Avenue
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DracutJoseph A Campbell Elementary
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DracutJustus C. Richardson Middle School
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GeorgetownGeorgetown Middle School
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GeorgetownPenn Brook
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Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical (District)Gr Lowell Regional Vocational Technical
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HaverhillCaleb Dustin Hunking School
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HaverhillConsentino Middle School
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HaverhillDr Paul Nettle
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HaverhillHaverhill High
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HaverhillWhittier
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KIPP Academy Lynn Charter (District)KIPP Academy Lynn Charter School
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LawrenceGuilmette Middle School
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LawrenceLawrence High School
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LowellLowell High
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LowellWashington (Lowell)
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LynnfieldLynnfield High
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LynnfieldLynnfield Middle School
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MarbleheadMarblehead High
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Marblehead Community Charter Public (District)Marblehead Community Charter Public School
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MethuenComprehensive Grammar School
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MethuenDonald P Timony Grammar
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MethuenMarsh Grammar School
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MethuenMethuen High
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MethuenTenney Grammar School
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Nashoba Valley Regional Vocational Technical (District)Nashoba Valley Technical High School
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North AndoverNorth Andover High
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Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical (District)Northeast Metro Regional Vocational
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PeabodyJ Henry Higgins Middle
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ReadingReading Memorial High
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RockportRockport High
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SalemCollins Middle
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SalemNew Liberty Innovation School
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SalemSalem High
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SalemSaltonstall School
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SaugusBelmonte Saugus Middle
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StonehamColonial Park
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StonehamRobin Hood
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StonehamSouth (Stoneham)
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StonehamStoneham Central
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StonehamStoneham High
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SwampscottSwampscott Middle School
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TewksburyTewksbury Memorial High
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WakefieldWakefield Memorial High
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WestfordDay Elementary
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Whittier Regional Vocational Technical (District)Whittier Regional Vocational
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WilmingtonWilmington High
Southeast
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Atlantis Charter (District)Atlantis Charter School
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AttleboroAttleboro High
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BarnstableBarnstable High School
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Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public (District)Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
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Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical (District)Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical
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BraintreeBraintree High
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Bristol-Plymouth Regional Vocational Technical (District)Bristol-Plymouth Vocational Technical
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BrocktonBrockton High School
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CantonCanton High
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CantonWm H Galvin Middle
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Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical (District)Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical
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CarverCarver Middle/High School
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EastonOliver Ames High
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FairhavenHastings Middle
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Fall RiverTalbot Innovation School
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Fall RiverHenry Lord Community School
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Fall RiverB M C Durfee High
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Fall RiverCarlton M. Viveiros Elementary School
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Fall RiverFrank M. Silvia (formerly North End Elementary)
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Fall RiverJames Tansey
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Fall RiverJohn J Doran
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Fall RiverLetourneau Elementary School
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Fall RiverMary Fonseca Elementary School
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Fall RiverSamuel Watson
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Fall RiverSpencer Borden
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Fall RiverWilliam S Greene
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Fall RiverMatthew J. Kuss Middle School
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Fall RiverMorton Middle School
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FoxboroughFoxborough High
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FranklinAnnie Sullivan Middle School
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FranklinHorace Mann (Franklin)
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FranklinRemington Middle
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Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical (District)Gr New Bedford Vocational Technical
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HalifaxHalifax Elementary
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HolbrookHolbrook Middle High School
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King PhilipKing Philip Middle School
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MansfieldQualters Middle School
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MiddleboroughHenry B. Burkland Elementary School
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MiddleboroughJohn T. Nichols Middle
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MiddleboroughMary K. Goode Elementary School
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MiddleboroughMiddleborough High
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Monomoy Regional School DistrictMonomoy Regional High School
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Monomoy Regional School DistrictMonomoy Regional Middle School
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NantucketNantucket High
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NantucketCyrus Peirce Middle School
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New BedfordJohn Avery Parker
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New BedfordKeith Middle School
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New BedfordNormandin Middle School
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NorwoodDr. Philip O. Coakley Middle School
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Oak BluffsOak Bluffs Elementary
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PembrokePembroke Community Middle School
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PembrokePembroke High School
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PlymouthPlymouth North High
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PlymouthPlymouth South High
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RandolphElizabeth G Lyons Elementary
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RandolphJ F Kennedy Elementary (Randolph)
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RandolphMargaret L Donovan
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RandolphMartin E Young Elementary
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RandolphRandolph Community Middle
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RandolphRandolph High
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SandwichSandwich Middle High School
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ScituateScituate High School
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SeekonkDr. Kevin M. Hurley Middle School
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SeekonkSeekonk High
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Silver LakeSilver Lake Regional High
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Silver LakeSilver Lake Regional Middle School
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Somerset Berkley Regional School DistrictSomerset Berkley Regional High School
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Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical (District)Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical
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StoughtonO'Donnell Middle School
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StoughtonStoughton High
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TauntonBenjamin Friedman Middle
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TauntonJohn F Parker Middle
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TauntonJoseph H Martin
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Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical (District)Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical
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WestportAlice A Macomber
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WestportWestport Elementary
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WestportWestport Junior/Senior High School
Western MA
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AgawamBenjamin J Phelps
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AgawamClifford M Granger
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AgawamJames Clark School
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AgawamWilliam P. Sapelli Elementary
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Athol-RoyalstonAthol High
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Baystate Academy Charter Public School (District)Baystate Academy Charter Public School
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Berkshire HillsMonument Mt Regional High
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Berkshire HillsW.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School
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ChicopeeGen John J Stefanik
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East LongmeadowMapleshade
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Gill-MontagueTurners Fall High
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GranbyEast Meadow
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GranbyGranby Jr Sr High School
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HadleyHadley Elementary
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HadleyHopkins Academy
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Hamden CharterHampden Charter School of Science East
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Hamden CharterHampden Charter School of Science West
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Hampden-WilbrahamGreen Meadows Elementary
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Hampden-WilbrahamMile Tree Elementary
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Hampden-WilbrahamSoule Road
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Hampden-WilbrahamStony Hill School
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Hampden-WilbrahamWilbraham Middle
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HolyokeHolyoke High
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HolyokeHolyoke STEM Academy
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MonsonGranite Valley School
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MonsonMonson High School
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North AdamsDrury High
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NorthamptonJohn F Kennedy Middle School (Northampton)
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NorthamptonNorthampton High
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Northampton-Smith Vocational Agricultural (District)Smith Vocational and Agricultural High
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Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical (District)Charles McCann Vocational Technical
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Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical (District)Pathfinder Vocational Technical
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PittsfieldPittsfield High
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Ralph C MaharRalph C Mahar Regional
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South HadleyMichael E. Smith Middle School
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Southern BerkshireMt Everett Regional
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SpringfieldSpringfield High School of Science and Technology
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TantasquaTantasqua Regional Jr High
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WareStanley M Koziol Elementary School
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WareWare Junior/Senior High School
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WareWare Middle School
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WestfieldAbner Gibbs
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WestfieldFranklin Ave
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WestfieldHighland
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WestfieldMunger Hill
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WestfieldPaper Mill
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WestfieldSouthampton Road
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WestfieldWestfield High
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WestfieldWestfield Middle School