| Melrose Public Schools | |
| Type: | Public School district |
| Budget: | $38,619,040 (FY22)[1] |
| Region: | Greater Boston |
| Grades: | PK - 12 |
| Superintendent: | John Macero (interim) |
| Students: | 3,748 (FY22) |
| Location: | Melrose, Massachusetts |
Melrose Public Schools is the school district for Melrose, Massachusetts. The district controls several schools in the city and is led by superintendent John Macero (interim). Its offices are located at 360 Lynn Fells Parkway in Melrose.
Public schooling in the area that is currently Melrose was initially under the control of the City of Malden. In 1850, the north end of Malden broke off and became the Town of Melrose, eventually becoming the City of Melrose in 1900. At the time of its separation, Melrose contained several small schoolhouses dispersed around the town. These schoolhouses formed the beginnings of Melrose Public Schools.
The current members of the Melrose school committee are Lizbeth DeSelm, Paul Brodeur (Mayor), Margaret Raymond Driscoll (Vice Chair), Ed O’Connell (Chair), John Obremski, Jen McAndrew, and Jennifer Razi-Thomas.[2] School committee meetings are televised on local public-access television station MMTV and recordings are available on the MMTV website.[3]
| Name | Type | Enrollment (FY22)[4] | Address | Year opened | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | Early Childhood Center | 198 | 16 Franklin Street | 1897 | Rebuilt in 1966. Former elementary school. | |
| Herbert Clark Hoover | Elementary | 297 | 37 Glendower Road | 1966[5] | Modular classrooms added in 2017.[6] | |
| Horace Mann | Elementary | 267 | 40 Damon Avenue | 1949 | Addition in 1956. Renovated in 2017. | |
| Abraham Lincoln | Elementary | 404 | 80 West Wyoming Avenue | 1896 | Renovated and expanded in 2000 | |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Elementary | 417 | 253 Vinton Street | 1924 | Rebuilt in 2002 | |
| John Winthrop | Elementary | 398 | 162 First Street | 1926 | Addition in 1956. Modular classrooms added in 2017. | |
| Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School | Middle | 844 | 350 Lynn Fells Parkway | 1933 | Built as Melrose High School. Middle school since 1975. Rebuilt 2007.[7] | |
| Melrose High School | High | 923 | 360 Lynn Fells Parkway | 1975 |
| Name | Address | Year opened | Year closed | Fate | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Coolidge | 585 Main Street | 1898 | 1981[8] | Coolidge Apartments | Built as Melrose High School. Addition in 1909. Converted to elementary school in 1932. | ||
| Converse | Washington Street | 1885 | - | ||||
| Decius Beebe | 263 West Foster Street | 1956[9] | 2004[10] | Leased to SEEM Collaborative | Addition in 1963 | ||
| Mary A. Livermore | Between Lebanon Street/Main Street | 1891 | 1933[11] | Municipal parking lot | |||
| D. W. Gooch | Corner Florence Street/Maple Street | 1886 | - | Gooch Park | Renovated and expanded in 1892 | [12] | |
| Ripley | 94 Lebanon Street | 1891 | 2001 | Leased to SEEM Collaborative | Original Ripley School located at 29 Swains Pond Avenue.[13] Built at current location in 1924. Additions in 1930 and 1965. | ||
| Joseph Warren | Corner Melrose Street/Warren Street | 1892 | - | Volunteer Park (Warren Street Park) | |||
| Washington | 408 Lebanon Street | 1896 | - | Condominiums | |||
| Whittier | Corner Franklin Street/Sargent Street | 1884 | - | Dunton Park | Originally Franklin School | ||
| Melrose High School | 69 West Emerson St | 1869 | 1897 | Destroyed by fire in 1897 | Current site of Melrose Public Library |