History
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The district’s modern structure emerged over the mid-20th century, following consolidation of local schools as smaller neighborhood schools closed and central facilities were built. Around 1955, Avon consolidated its local schools into a central school building to serve a wider range of grade levels, replacing or supplementing older, smaller facilities. [1]
In 1993, 142 students living in Brockton attended school in the Avon School District as part of a voluntary school choice program of the State of Massachusetts. 22 were previously students in parochial or private schools and never attended a Brockton Public Schools (BPS) school. [2]
William J. Contreras became the superintendent in 1996 after being the superintendent of the Hatfield, Massachusetts school system. [3] Contreras changed districts to be close to family members. [4] Contreras stated that he had encountered a situation in which teachers were not given contracts even though they should have received them, and that having a new point of view allowed him to make a compromise that solved the problem. [5]
A subsequent superintendent, Margaret Frieswyk, decided to have a curriculum on the culture of China created after she visited China. [6] Her visit was done to study the educational system of that country and it was funded by a Fulbright scholarship. [7] She considered establishing a student exchange with China and having Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language in the district. [6] Previously, the school district had Latin language courses, but in 2008 it no longer had a teacher for them, and could not find one. [8]
In 2004 repairs were done to the middle-high school. The district had to use two churches and Randolph High School as space to house students while the repairs occurred. [9]
Ronald Seely was principal of the middle-high school until his 2005 death. [10]
Paul Zinni was the superintendent of this district until 2018, when he became the superintendent of the King Philip Regional School District. [11]
While not part of the formal district’s internal history, Avon itself was settled as a town in the 19th century and celebrated its centennial in 1988, at which point a commissioned history documented the town’s evolution, including its educational institutions. [12]
