O'Hearn School receives 5,000 in memory of Mark Charbonnier

BOSTON - The Patrick O'Hearn Elementary School in Dorchester recently received a $5,000 gift in memory of Mark Charbonnier by his family and friends. Mark Charbonnier, a Dorchester native, was a Massachusetts State Trooper who was killed in the line of duty in 1994.

The gift will be used to purchase instructional materials for the kindergarten classroom as well to as purchase assistive technology for students with disabilities in the other classrooms.

The O'Hearn is an inclusive school in Dorchester serving 235 students from diverse backgrounds in early childhood through grade 5. Students involved in general education, students with a wide range of disabilities, and students considered talented and gifted learn together and from each other.

The Boston Public Schools serves approximately 57,000 pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students in 145 schools.