ALL ABOUT METCO
Is METCO a presegregation, a segregation or a desgregation program?
DESEGREGATION
What year did METCO begin?
1966
What do students do on the METCO bus ride?
READ, DRAW, SLEEP AND TALK TO EACH OTHER
How many years has the METCO program been in Lexington?
58 years
What is the name of the METCO Social Worker at Harrington?
MS CROWDER
Where do you have to live to be a METCO student?
BOSTON
What is the name of the first African American student to integrate schools in New Orleans?
RUBY BRIDGES
Most of the METCO students live in the same part of Boston. True or False
FALSE
How many METCO students are there all together on Lexington?
224
What is the name of the METCO bus monitor at Harrington?
MS. LINDSAY
How many suburban towns are in METCO?
31
Name one of the first schools to have a METCO program.
Arlington, Braintree, Brookline, Lexington, Lincoln, Newton, and Wellesley
How many minutes can a METCO student spend riding the bus in the afternoon?
30 - 110 MINUTES
Is Lexington the 1st, 2nd or 3rd largest METCO program?
LEXINGTON IS THE 3RD LARGEST PROGRAM
What is the name of the METCO Director in Lexington?
MS. HAMILTON
What do the letters METCO stand for?
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
The METCO program started during what important movement in history?
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
What is the number of the METCO bus?
145
What are the 3 Lexington elementary schools who now have the METCO program?
BOWMAN, HARRINGTON, HASTINGS
How many students at Harrington live in Boston?
32
Who benefits from METCO?
EVERYONE
What was the name of the 1954 Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
What tine does the first student get on the bus in the morning?
7:05 am
There are several students at Harrington who have parents who also were in METCO, can you name one student?
Various answers
Name 4 students in 3rd grade that live in Boston.
Name 4 students in 4th grade that live in Boston
Name 4 students in 5th grade that live in Boston
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