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Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School is a charter school founded in 2005. It is located at 201 Forest Street in Marlborough, Massachusetts, U.S., in a few remodeled office buildings. The school is widely recognized for its academic achievements, consistently scoring in the highest percentile among Massachusetts schools in the English, Math and Science MCAS exams.〔http://www.amsacs.org/pdf/2011-MCAS-Presentation.pdf〕 In 2015, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school the #4 high school in Massachusetts.〔http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/massachusetts/rankings?int=982e08〕 As a charter school, AMSACS receives funding from school districts in which its students reside. Students and their families have no direct costs other than uniforms and the fees for extra activities that have become common among most of Massachusetts' public schools. Admission includes completing an application, attending an open house, and taking math and language arts tests that are solely used to determine placement in the right level of classes. Preference for the limited spaces is given first to siblings of current students regardless of residence, then to residents of Marlborough, Hudson, Clinton, and Maynard, and finally to any resident of Massachusetts. The school is currently divided into a lower school (grades 6-7) and an upper school (grades 8-12) thus making a distinction between two parts of one continuous school. ==History== On February 24, 2004, the Massachusetts Department of Education granted the Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School a five-year charter. Throughout the entire process there had been a lot of controversy surrounding the school and founder (Julia Sigalovsky). Opponents of the school managed to delay the opening of the school by a year by filing numerous lawsuits against the school. The school had to convince lawyers to wait until the school's funding to recoup over $30,000 in legal fees 〔(Steep learning curve - The Boston Globe )〕 The school finally opened on September 6, 2005, in time for the first day of school. The original class consisted of 250 sixth and seventh graders. In each successive year, one additional class of 6th graders was added to the school. Following the 2010 school year, the school's charter was renewed for another five years.〔http://www.amsacs.org/pdf/ANNUAL_REPORT_2009-2010.pdf〕 On June 12, 2011, AMSA graduated its first class. In 2015, the school's charter was renewed again for 2016-2020. AMSA consists of 3 buildings originally beginning with a Lower School building for grades 6 - 9, and an Upper School building for grades 10-12. In 2010, AMSA moved the 9th grade to the Upper School. However, before the 2011-2012 school year, AMSA was able to lease 1 floor of another office building nearby in order to accommodate the vast growth of the student population. The building became known as the "White Building" and began to house a mixed array of additional classes and students. From then on, the Lower School held 6 and 7 graders and the Upper School and White Building both combined to hold the remaining 8-12 graders. In 2015, Dr. Joseph McCleary was named the Executive Director of the school. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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