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Location Map Roxbury, MA 02119 Suffolk County
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District Poverty Rate 21.8% (data source)
Non-White Students 85.2% (data source)
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Last Updated December 3, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (116)
School Step Description Grades Period Signatures
Boston Collaborative High SchoolStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Boston LatinStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 2
Franklin D RooseveltStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 1
Roger ClapStep 1 Collect 50 Signatures 4
Another Course To CollegeStep 0 No Progress 0
Baldwin Early Learning CenterStep 0 No Progress 0
BeethovenStep 0 No Progress 0
BlackstoneStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston Adult AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston Arts AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston Community Leadership AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston International High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston Latin AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Boston Teachers Union SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Brighton HighStep 0 No Progress 0
Carter SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Charles H TaylorStep 0 No Progress 0
Charles SumnerStep 0 No Progress 0
Charlestown HighStep 0 No Progress 0
Clarence R Edwards MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
Community AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Community Academy Of Science And HealthStep 0 No Progress 0
Condon K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Curley K-8 SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Curtis GuildStep 0 No Progress 0
Dante Alighieri Montessori SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
David A EllisStep 0 No Progress 0
DearbornStep 0 No Progress 0
Dennis C HaleyStep 0 No Progress 0
Donald MckayStep 0 No Progress 0
Dr. Catherine Ellison-Rosa Parks Early Ed SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Dr. William Henderson LowerStep 0 No Progress 0
Dr. William Henderson UpperStep 0 No Progress 0
East Boston Early Childhood CenterStep 0 No Progress 0
East Boston HighStep 0 No Progress 0
Edison K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Edward EverettStep 0 No Progress 0
Elc - West ZoneStep 0 No Progress 0
Eliot ElementaryStep 0 No Progress 0
Ellis MendellStep 0 No Progress 0
Excel High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Fenway High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Gardner Pilot AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
George H ConleyStep 0 No Progress 0
Greater Egleston Community High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Harvard-KentStep 0 No Progress 0
Haynes Early Education CenterStep 0 No Progress 0
Henry GrewStep 0 No Progress 0
HigginsonStep 0 No Progress 0
Higginson-Lewis K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Horace Mann School for the DeafStep 0 No Progress 0
Hugh Roe O'donnellStep 0 No Progress 0
Jackson MannStep 0 No Progress 0
James J ChittickStep 0 No Progress 0
James P Timilty MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
James W HenniganStep 0 No Progress 0
Jeremiah E Burke HighStep 0 No Progress 0
John D PhilbrickStep 0 No Progress 0
John F KennedyStep 0 No Progress 0
John W MccormackStep 0 No Progress 0
John WinthropStep 0 No Progress 0
Joseph J HurleyStep 0 No Progress 0
Joseph LeeStep 0 No Progress 0
Joseph P ManningStep 0 No Progress 0
Joseph P TynanStep 0 No Progress 0
Josiah QuincyStep 0 No Progress 0
Joyce KilmerStep 0 No Progress 0
King K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Lee AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Lilla G. Frederick Middle SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
LyndonStep 0 No Progress 0
Lyon K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Lyon Upper 9-12Step 0 No Progress 0
Madison Park HighStep 0 No Progress 0
Manassah E BradleyStep 0 No Progress 0
Margarita Muniz AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Mario Umana AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
MatherStep 0 No Progress 0
Mattahunt Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Maurice J TobinStep 0 No Progress 0
Michael J PerkinsStep 0 No Progress 0
Mildred Avenue K-8Step 0 No Progress 0
Mission Hill SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
MozartStep 0 No Progress 0
Nathan HaleStep 0 No Progress 0
New Mission High SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
O W HolmesStep 0 No Progress 0
O'bryant School Math-ScienceStep 0 No Progress 0
Oliver Hazard PerryStep 0 No Progress 0
Orchard GardensStep 0 No Progress 0
Patrick J KennedyStep 0 No Progress 0
Paul A DeverStep 0 No Progress 0
Pauline Agassiz Shaw Elementary SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Phineas BatesStep 0 No Progress 0
Quincy Upper SchoolStep 0 No Progress 0
Rafael HernandezStep 0 No Progress 0
Richard J MurphyStep 0 No Progress 0
Samuel AdamsStep 0 No Progress 0
Samuel W MasonStep 0 No Progress 0
Sarah GreenwoodStep 0 No Progress 0
Snowden International School At CopleyStep 0 No Progress 0
Techboston AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
The English HighStep 0 No Progress 0
Thomas J KennyStep 0 No Progress 0
Up Academy HollandStep 0 No Progress 0
Urban Science AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
Warren-PrescottStep 0 No Progress 0
Washington Irving MiddleStep 0 No Progress 0
West Roxbury AcademyStep 0 No Progress 0
William E RussellStep 0 No Progress 0
William Ellery ChanningStep 0 No Progress 0
William H OhrenbergerStep 0 No Progress 0
William MckinleyStep 0 No Progress 0
William Monroe TrotterStep 0 No Progress 0
Winship ElementaryStep 0 No Progress 0
Young AchieversStep 0 No Progress 0
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Massachusetts State Law School districts may allow students to be released for religious study, but they may also not allow it.
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Launch Steps History
Step
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Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
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November 29, 2025
Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
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October 29, 2025
Step 1
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October 7, 2024
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April 25, 2024
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