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Schools and Strands
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This page is for reference only. Please contact the Office of Special Education for further details regarding services and programs for your child.
ABA-Based Classrooms
Grades listed reflect grades served at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year.
- Adams K-6
- Boston Teachers Union K-3
- Burke 9-12
- Channing K-3
- Chittick K-6
- Curley K-8
- Fenway 9-12
- Higginson K-2
- Higginson-Lewis 3-8
- Jackson Mann K-8 (closing at the end of this school year)
- Kilmer K-8
- King K-5
- Lee K-8
- Mattahunt K-6
- Mozart** (ABA-strand with an inclusion pilot. Reach out to the Office of Special Education for more information)
- New Mission (7, 9-10)
- Orchard Gardens K-8
- Perkins (K-4)
- Tobin K0-5
- Trotter K0-5
- Tynan K-6
- Warren Prescott K-8
- BCLA McCormick 7-10
- BCLA Hyde Park 11-12
- CASH High School 9-12
- Charlestown High School 9-12
- Umana K-5
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy 9-12
- Boston Green Academy 9-12
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers 9-12
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High 9-12
**The Mozart School provides a continuum of services to meet student needs to the maximum extent possible in an inclusive setting. Developmental Delay
- Baldwin Early Learning Center
- Bates
- Blackstone
- Bradley
- Channing
- Chittick
- Clap
- Condon
- Conley
- Curley K-8
- East Boston Early Education Center
- Eliot
- Ellis
- Ellison Parks Early Learning Center
- Everett
- Gardner K-8
- Guild
- Haley
- Harvard Kent
- Haynes Early Education Center
- Henderson K-12
- Higginson K-2
- Holmes**
- Hurley
- Jackson Mann K-8
- Kenny
- Kilmer
- King K-8
- Lee Academy
- Lee K-8
- Manning**
- Mason
- Mattahunt
- Mendell
- Murphy K-8
- Otis
- PA Shaw
- Philbrick
- PJ Kennedy
- Quincy (language-specific only)
- Roosevelt
- Russell
- Taylor
- Tobin
- Trotter
- Tynan
- West Zone Early Learning Center
- Winship
- Winthrop
- Young Achievers K-8
** The Holmes and Manning schools provide a continuum of services to meet student needs to the maximum extent possible in an inclusive setting. Emotional Impairment
- Another Course To College
- Beethoven (K2-2)
- Brighton High
- Dever**
- Edison (K2-8)
- Ellis
- Excel
- Harvard Kent
- Holmes (Gr 2-5)**
- Manning**
- Murphy (Gr 2-6)
- McCormack
- Murphy (Gr 6-7)
- Ohrenberger (Gr 4-8)
- S. Greenwood (Gr 1-7)
- Young Achievers
- Brighton H.S.
- Community Academy
- Excel
- Tech Boston
Internalizing (Fragile)- Boston Latin Academy ^
- Boston Latin School ^
- East Boston High
- English High
- Irving
- O’Bryant ^
- Quincy Upper
- Snowden
- TechBoston ^
^ Inclusion setting
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High
** The Dever, Holmes and Manning schools provide a continuum of services to meet student needs to the maximum extent possible in an inclusive setting. Intellectual Impairment/Severe
Early Childhood/ELC/EEC Elementary K2-5 Middle 6-8 High 9-12 and District-Wide
- Condon K-6
- Condon K-6
- Carter 7-8
- Carter 9-12
Intellectual Impairment/Mild
- Brighton High
- CASH
- Charlestown High
- Curley (Gr 3-8)
- East Boston High
- Excel
- Lyndon (Gr 2-5)
- McCormack
- Mildred Ave. (Gr 4-8)
- UP Holland
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High
Intellectual Impairment/Moderate
- Brighton High
- CASH
- Charlestown High
- Conley
- East Boston High
- Frederick
- Mildred Avenue
- Perry )K2-5)
- Quincy Upper (9-12)
- Taylor
- Umana (K2-8)
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High
Multiple Disabilities
- Blackstone
- Murphy (Gr K2-8)
- Charlestown High
- English High
- Burke
Physical Impairment
- Quincy (K2-5)
- Frederick (6-8)
- English High (9-12+)
Sensory Impairment - Hearing
- Horace Mann (K0-12+)**
**The Horace Mann School provides a continuum of services to meet student needs to the maximum extent possible in an inclusive setting.
Sensory Impairment - Vision
- Murphy (K0-12+)
Specific Learning Disability
- Brighton High
- CASH
- Charlestown High
- Condon (4 -8)
- East Boston High
- Eliot
- Excel
- Fenway High
- Frederick
- Guild
- Harvard Kent (3 – 5)
- Hennigan
- Irving
- JF Kennedy
- Kenny
- Mather
- McCormack (phasing out: 7 and 8)
- New Mission
- Quincy Upper (6 & 7)
- S. Greenwood (5-8)
- Snowden
- Sumner
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Dorchester Academy
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High
Inclusion
- ACC
- Adams (Gr. 3-4))
- Baldwin Early Learning Center
- Bates (K2-4)
- BCLA
- Blackstone
- Bradley (K2-4)
- Burke
- Chittick (K2-2)
- Clap Innovation (K2-4)
- Condon
- Conley K2-4)
- Curley (K2-7)
- Dearborn
- Dever**
- East Boston Early Education Center (K2-1)
- Edison
- Eliot
- Ellison Parks Early Learning Center (K2-3)
- Everett( K2-4)
- Frederick
- Gardner
- Guild
- Haley
- Harvard Kent
- Haynes Early Education Center
- Henderson K2-12
- Hennigan Gr 2-8
- Higginson K2-2
- Higginson-Lewis (Gr 3-8)
- Holmes K2-5**
- Irving
- Jackson Mann
- Kenny (K2-2)
- Kilmer K2, 3-5)
- King (K2-4)
- Lee Academy (K2-3)
- Lee (K2-4, 7)
- Lyon (K-12)
- Manning (K2-5)**
- Mason (K2-5)
- Mattahunt (K2-2)
- McKay (2-8)
- Mendell (K2-5)
- Mildred Avenue (Gr 4-5)
- Mozart**
- Murphy (K2-4)
- New Mission(Gr 11-12)
- Otis (K2-2)
- PJ Kennedy
- Quincy (K2--4)
- Roosevelt (K2-8)
- Sumner (K2-5)
- Taylor (K2-3)
- TechBoston
- Warren Prescott (Gr. 4,5,6)
- West Zone Early Learning Center (K2-1)
- Young Achievers (K2-8)
Special Application/Lottery Schools:
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Green Academy
- Kennedy Academy for Health Careers
- Madison Park Technical Vocational High
** The Dever, Holmes, Manning, and Mozart schools provide a continuum of services to meet student needs to the maximum extent possible in an inclusive setting.