The Sudbury Valley School allows its students rare freedom and responsibility for their own education. Students of all ages move freely among rooms in the stone mansion that serves as the school's main building, as well as the nearby converted barn and the school's ten-acre property. Students may make use of all facilities, such as a digital arts studio, a library and a full kitchen. Adults are available to facilitate students' learning and interests, but do not direct their learning.
Anderson's Driving School is a complete driver education facility. Since 1984, Anderson's has offered the driving courses that teach what is required by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles to receive a vehicle operating license. It has classes in Framingham, Wayland and Lincoln-Sudbury. There is a substantial insurance reduction for individuals that complete the course. Credit cards are not accepted—cash, check or money order only please.
The Brighton School is a private, independent school for students in grades pre-K through sixth grade.
There is an application process for admission, and the school offers small class sizes that do not exceed 16 students. Teachers offer individualized curriculum instruction, including specialized instruction in science, computers and Spanish. The private school has a gifted and talented program. Besides academics, the curriculum also addresses self confidence, self esteem, creativity, self discipline and respect. The nonsectarian school, located inside the First United Methodist Church, uses Open Circle.
The Culinary Department at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical School runs the East Side Room Restaurant Tuesday through Friday.
As part of the program, students plan the menus, identify portions sizes, select and order food for the menu and prepare and serve the food.
The students run the restaurant and a bakery, which sells cookies and pastries.
Key Program's mission is to help troubled youth and their families. Its programs are grounded in a strength-based philosophy and the focus is on unlocking the individual potential of each teen. Services and activities include family support services, hygiene and personal care, violence prevention activities and more. They accept most major insurances.
Brophy Elementary was named for educators Rose Brophy and her sister Anna Brophy.
Located in the west end of town, Brophy hosts an annual Science Fair, Math Night, Variety Show, and Multicultural Fair. Brophy's Kids Who Care Club has been nationally recognized for its community service projects.
Genzyme Corporation partners with Brophy for the Reading Pals program where volunteers read with 1st grade partners weekly. Other activities include Family Fun Nights and the annual Welcome Picnic.
The elementary school has English Language Learner (ELL) programs in Spanish.
The principal is Frank Rothwell.
The school has about 450 students. Seventeen percent of the students are special education students and more than 60% of the students indicated English is not their first language.
The YMCA offers an after-care program on-site, for an additional fee.
Mass Bay Community College is an accredited two-year college with campuses in Framingham, Ashland and Wellesley. The Framingham campus is located in the former Farley Middle School, next door to Fuller Middle School and across the street from McCarthy Elementary School.
Students attending Mass Bay receive academic preparation in order to transfer to a four-year college or university, or for career preparation or job retraining.
The college offers an open admissions policy. More than ten percent of its students come from Framingham, and almost half the students attend evening classes.
St. Bridget School recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, opening on Sept. 14, 1958. Although the elementary and middle school are a private Catholic school, it is staffed by lay administration and faculty. Principal Roseanne Mungovan. The school follows the Framingham Public Schools calendar. The school has an application process and does offer financial aid. Students live in Framingham and other surrounding communities including Ashland, Holliston, Hopkinton, Natick, Southborough and Sudbury.
The school offers an extended day program from 2:15 to 6 p.m. for an additional fee. There is an active PTO, and the Catholic school is part of the St. Bridget Parish.
The Framingham Public School Bus Yard contains approximately two hundred buses that provide transportation for Framingham public school students, along 14 different routes. Additional bus service information, including rates and bus schedules, can be found in English, Spanish and Portuguese on the Framingham Public School Transporation Department website.
MetroWest School of Math offers math classes for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Classes meet once or twice a week for 1.5 to 4 hours, depending on grade level. Special offerings include math challenges, chess classes and summer programs. For high school students, they also provide SAT preparation classes and Johns Hopkins CTY (SAT) Preparation. MetroWest School of Math is an affiliate of the Russian School of Mathematics (RSM) in Newton and uses the RSM math curriculum.
The Mary E. Stapleton Elementary Schools is a Framingham Public School, located in the Saxonville section of town. (The school was once called the Saxonville School.) The Framingham Public Schools currently uses school choice when selecting an elementary school.
Mary E. Stapleton Elementary School is named for a former school principal and school board member, who gave more than 50 years of service to the schools. The school was renamed in 1980.
Stapleton is known as the environmental school, in part because staff use the Carol Getchell Nature Trail near the school and along the Sudbury River.
The school has an active PTO, which organized its own morning before-care program and holds a popular ice cream social event and an annual pancake breakfast.
Plymouth House Nursery School, located on the grounds of Plymouth Church, has been under the direction of Kathie Watson for the last 10 years. The school's goal is to develop literacy and social skills in preparation for kindergarten and elementary school.
Founded 41 years ago, Circle of Friends Preschool is a non-profit school for children ages two months to five years. With a student-teacher ratio of only 6-to-1 in the pre-school, and even better in the children's center, each child gets plenty of individual attention. The school offers a variety of programs including music, physical fitness, language and nature. The staff provides periodic updates on the child's development.