Parents often choose to relocate to Acton, MA because of the quality of education provided in Acton. There are 5 elementary schools, each with it's own personality and teaching philosophy or style. Acton, MA is unusual in that parents can have some input as to which school your child attends, if there is space available in the preferred school. The Town provides school bus service for children throughout Acton to all of the elementary schools, so that the location of your home isn't a factor in where the child attends.
ACTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WHAT IS OPEN ENROLLMENT?
The Acton Public School system has an "open enrollment" policy that allows some choice in selecting the
school you would like your child to attend, providing that the school can accommodate the student.
The official School Committee policy on enrollment states:
The Acton Public School Committee strives to provide high standards of educational excellence in all its
elementary schools. Since no single teaching method is best for all students, the Committee supports the use
of a variety of teaching methods and techniques that will achieve the prescribed curriculum objectives. It
follows that parents should have the opportunity to choose the school they think best fits the needs of their
children subject to the availability of space and staff.
In the placement of students, the following guidelines will be utilized in
appropriate situations.
1. PROVIDING FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL PROGRAM NEEDS
Children requiring specialized programs will be placed in appropriate
schools upon recommendation by the Pupil Services Department.
2. KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER
It is important to build a strong corps of families who can devote their
energies to their school's activities. Volunteerism, active parent/teacher
organizations, and parent involvement in advisory groups and the like are
valuable school resources. So is a family’s long-term connection to a
school community. Therefore, if the newly enrolling student has a sibling
in the Acton or Acton-Boxborough Regional Schools and that sibling
attended an Acton elementary school, the newly enrolling student will be
given school selection preference at that same school.*
3. ENCOURAGING WALKING TO SCHOOL
Although we must bus the vast majority of Acton's children to our
centrally located schools, we support the town's sidewalk building
program and feel children should walk to school wherever possible.
Since this approach offers economic advantages, walkers will be given
preference to the school of their choice.
There is much more information on this subject, along with registration forms at this link:
http://ab.mec.edu/pdffiles/Kindergartenforms.pdf
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