Lynn Public Schools

Lynn Public Schools
Location
100 Bennett Street,
Lynn, MA 01905
United States
District information
Type Public
Grades K-12
Superintendent Catherine C. Latham[1]
Schools 26
Budget $199,452,373 total
$13,169 per pupil[2]
Students and staff
Students 14,871[3]
Teachers 985[4]
Student-teacher ratio 14.6 to 1[4]
Other information
Average
SAT scores		 435 verbal
445 math
420 writing
1300 total (2014-2015)[5]
Website Lynn Public Schools
Lynn English High School

Lynn Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Lynn, Massachusetts. As of 2014 it is the fifth largest school district in Massachusetts.[6]

History

In 2003 the district began a partnership with Gordon College of Wenham; college students volunteered at the district's schools. The college stated opposition to a U.S. federal government protection on the hiring of gays and lesbians; in 2014, citing that opposition, Lynn Public Schools ended the partnership.[7]

Demographics

The Mayor of Lynn, Judith Flanagan Kennedy, stated that the district had 538 students of Central American origin enrolled during the 2013-2014 school year,[6] and during that school year there were over 600 new students, including 248 Guatemalans. In a two-year period ending in July 2014, the number of students not born in the United States increased by 100%.[8] The number of students of Central American origin in the district was 54 in the 2010-2011 school year.[6]

In August 2014 Kennedy stated at a Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) press conference in Washington DC that her school district is receiving many Guatemalan illegal immigrants and that many of them are difficult to educate since they are not literate in any language.[6] 126 of the Guatemalans who newly enrolled in the 2013-2014 school year were illegal immigrants, according to Kennedy.[8] According to Kennedy, many had been processed in and released from an ICE facility in San Antonio, Texas, and most of them originated from San Marcos Department.[6] According to Kennedy, some adults above the age of school enrollment have attempted to enroll as students, with one man being 35 years old, but that the U.S. Department of Justice prevented the district from doing age verification.[9]

Schools

Secondary schools

7-12 schools:

High schools (9-12):

Middle schools (6-8):

Primary and early childhood schools

Elementary schools (PK-6):

Elementary schools (PK-5):

Elementary schools (K-5):

Elementary schools (1-5):

Early childhood centers:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lynnschools.org/district_superintendent.shtml
  2. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/ppx.aspx
  3. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/student.aspx?orgcode=01630000&orgtypecode=5&
  4. 1 2 http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/profiles/teacher.aspx?orgcode=01630000&orgtypecode=5&
  5. ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Troast, Andrew. "Massachusetts mayor says her city feeling effects of immigrant surge she now wants all Hispanics and black to go to another district " (Archive). PBS Newshour. August 27, 2014. Retrieved on September 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lynn public schools sever relationship with Gordon College." Boston Globe. August 29, 2014. Retrieved on September 20, 2014.
  8. 1 2 Haynes, Crystal. "Lynn officials: Illegal immigrant children are stressing city services" (Archive). Fox News Boston. Retrieved on September 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Undocumented immigrants from Guatemala pretending to be children to enroll in Massachusetts public schools: mayor (VIDEO)" (Archive). New York Daily News. Friday August 29, 2014. Retrieved on September 20, 2014.

Further reading

External links

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