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The Board of METCO is pleased that the first days of school for METCO students went smoothly and have joined in extracurricular activities. The Board acknowledges that extra funding for transportation will be needed due to student participation in…

METCO Letter.png
This letter to the METCO officers are invited to a meeting to discuss a plan of action for suburban expansion. Also discussed is a plan for funding, State Board of Education, and METCO as an entirely voluntary program.

METCO Parents Council support letter.png
A letter from the Whittier Street Center thanking the Associate Director of METCO for a successful program and a plan to organize an official parents council for METCO.

METCO E Board 28 March 1968.png
Board members passed budgets and funding before discussing evaluation and student data evaluation. Expansion into 5 new towns is considered and the money needed to support the students. Development of a course in African-American history for…

METCO Board 21 Nov 68.png
This meeting of the officers of METCO discussed money for more staff, teacher training grants, tutors for students, new communities and student participants, Boston School Committee, future financial needs, state budget, transportation issues

METCO Parent Council 14 Dec 1967.png
The Parents Council met in 1967 to discuss a checklist in order to discover problems in host families, parent volunteers, car pools and more. Discussion of eliciting back up host families for students as well. Proposed that social gatherings for…

METCO PC 4 March 1967.png
Summary of small discussion groups that discuss the opinions of parents and their responsibilities for expanding African American history in schools by grade levels.

METCO PC Adult Questionaire.jpg
The purpose of this questionnaire for METCO parents is for administrators to get to know the parents education and socioeconomic levels. This was part of the research and evaluation process in the late 1960s.

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In response to the Educational Committee of the NAACP and other groups concerns about problems and deficiencies in Boston schools, this evaluation of the early stages of the program was conducted

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The Research Advisory committee wanted to evaluate METCO's students, teachers, school systems, and towns in terms of achievement, attitudes, aspirations and perception of METCO students. One major area to be looked at by the research advisory…
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