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School Choice Public Hearing

April 9, 2025

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School Choice Participation

  • Under the school choice law, G.L. c.76, § 12B, as amended in 1993, all school districts in Massachusetts are presumed to participate in and to admit non-resident students through school choice.
  • A receiving district can withdraw from school choice only if a school committee holds a public hearing on this issue and then votes to withdraw from the school choice program prior to June 1st.
  • A resolution on which the school committee votes to withdraw from school choice must contain the reasons for the withdrawal.

Source: https://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/advisory/2019-0423glc76s12b.html

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2020-2026 School Choice Enrollment

Grade

7

8

9

10

11

12

Total

2020-2021

0

7

5

0

0

0

12

2021-2022

0

0

8

3

0

1

12

2022-2023

0

0

5

6

1

0

12

2023-2024

9

0

7

8

6

1

31

2024-2025

4

9

10

7

7

6

43

2025-2026 (Est)1

10

4

19

10

7

7

57

1. Assumes 10 School Choice Students in Grades 7 and 9 in 2025-2026.

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Projected Enrollment in 2025-2026, based on 10/1/24 data

  1. Includes 3 faculty children and 43 school choice students.
  2. Includes an increase of 15 students from the 10/1/24 TTU 6th grade enrollment in grade 7 and a decrease of 65 students in 8th to 9th grade enrollment.
  3. Number of students with an additional 10 School Choice Students in Grades 7 and 9 in 2025-2026 in parenthesis.

Grade

Oct ’24 1

Oct '25 (Est)2,3

Chg #

Chg %

7

272

297 (307)

25 (35)

9.2%

8

291

272

-19

-6.5%

MS total

563

569

6

1.1%

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9

227

226 (236)

-1 (9)

-0.4%

10

250

227

-23

-9.2%

11

265

250

-15

-5.7%

12

225

265

40

17.8%

HS Total

967

968

1

0.1%

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SP - Beyond Gr 12

14

10

-4

-28.6%

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District Total

1544

1547

3

0.2%

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Recommendation and Motion

  • I move that the Masconomet Regional School District withdraw from participation in the School Choice Program for the 2025-2026 school year in grades 8, 10, 11 and 12 due to enrollment. Furthermore, I move the Masconomet Regional School District limit School Choice participation in Grades 7 and 9 to ten students for each grade for the 2025-2026 school year.