Freetown Elementary School, Massachusetts
| Freetown Elementary School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 43 Bullock Road Freetown, MA 02717 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public Elementary school |
| Established | 1949 |
| Opened | September 11, 1950 |
| School district | Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools |
| Principal | Stacey Soto (2012-present) Ms. Bethany Pineault (2011-2012) Mr. Robert L. Frizelle (2005-11) Mr. Donald Noack (????-2005) |
| Faculty | 34.7 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | PreK - 3 |
| Enrollment | 542 (as of 2005-06) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.6 |
| Mascot | Fred E. Scorch |
| Nickname | freetown Fox |
| Information | 508-763-5121 |
| Website | School website |
Freetown Elementary School opened in 1950 and serves grammar school students from the town of Freetown, Massachusetts. It educates around 546 students in grades PK-4 as part of the Freetown & Lakeville Public Schools.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 542 students and 34.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.6. 96% of students are Caucasian.
In the statewide Spring 2007 MCAS test for Grade 3 a total of 53 percent of students achieved proficiency in reading (an increase of 3 percent over the year before), with another 49 percent in need of improvement. A total of 56 percent were proficient in mathematics (up 14 percent from the year before) and 44 were found in need of improvement. For Grade 4, the test showed 44 percent were proficient in "English language arts" and 56 percent were in need of improvement mathematics results showed 40 percent proficient, 60 percent in need of improvement.
The Ted Just Memorial Field, a baseball field, was constructed on the front yard facing Bullock Road in memory of a fourth grade teacher who died in 1993.
Lack of parking spaces remains a problem at the school, especially for public meetings in the evening and during preschool drop-off and pick-up times. One of the school's parking lots is on Memorial Drive; a smaller one is on Bullock Road. Some parents have parked off of school property and crossed busy streets with their children when dropping them off or picking them up.
The town operated between eight and one dozen small school districts throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and well into the 20th century. These schoolhouses were typically of one or two rooms, were heated by woodstoves, and featured outhouses as their only form of plumbing. As part of the town's post-war planning, it was decided to construct a centrally-located elementary school for all the town's students.
Israel T. Almy of Fall River was selected as the architect, and the school was constructed from 1949 - 1950. The eight-room grammar school replaced all the town's schoolhouses when opened in 1950. It housed grades 1-8 until 1972, when grades 5-8 moved to the new George R. Austin Middle School (now the Freetown-Lakeville Middle School). Kindergarten and preschool programs have also been added, bringing the current grade span to PreK-4.
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