METCO
Staff
METCO Staff Members Kimberly Donald, METCO Director Central Office 978-639-3219 Lil Catalanotti, Adminstrative Secretary Central Office 978-639-3215 Diane Krasnick, Middle School METCO Tutor Ephraim Curtis Middle School, Room 247 978-443-1071 EXT 2427 Hazel Fleming, Elementary Bus Monitor Nixon/Noyes Route Contact via the METCO Office 978-639-3219 Luz Gomez, Elementary Bus Monitor Haynes/Loring Route; Loring School Aide Contact via Loring School 978-579-0870
About
The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) was created 41 years ago by urban and suburban educational collaborators who believed that all children should have access to quality education in suburban school districts. The Sudbury K-8 system enrolled its first students on January 27, 1975, when forty students were placed in the five Sudbury Elementary Schools. Currently, this grant-funded program supports seventy students annually. Students completing grade 8, and any other student(s) leaving the Sudbury METCO Program, are replaced with the number of new elementary students needed to maintain the set number of 70 for the next fiscal year.
Students from Boston participate in a variety of activities. For example, all elementary students participate in a before- or after-school academic enrichment program called, MAST (METCO Academic Support Team). Middle school students take advantage of the scheduled after school program held twice weekly at ECMS. Sudbury METCO parent meetings are held at METCO Inc. in Boston approximately once a month and provide Boston parents with an opportunity to discuss issues that are relevant to their children's academic progress and social well being. Periodically, members of the Sudbury educational staff and/or School Committee, join the METCO Director in hosting parent meetings in Boston.