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Collection Overview
Title:Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. records
Dates:1961-2005 (bulk 1966-1995)
Location:62/1-61/4
Call Number:M101
Volume:144.5 cubic ft. (143 boxes, 1 flat file drawer)
Scope and Content Abstract:The records of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Incorporated (METCO, Inc.) date from 1961-2005. They document the central administration's efforts to provide the city of Boston and the Boston suburbs with a voluntary school desegregation program. The documentation includes the records of directors and other administrators; Board of Directors correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes; financial material including grant proposals; transportation bids, documentation of vendor activities and relations, and records pertaining to the management of the Transportation Department; public relations material; records relating to school departments and curricula; student records; and audio-visual material.
Historical Abstract:Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Incorporated (METCO, Inc.) is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1966 to eliminate racial imbalance by busing children from Boston and Springfield to suburban public schools in 38 suburban communities. The program was created more than three decades ago by educational collaborators, parents, and suburban citizens from metropolitan Boston and Boston's suburbs as a voluntary desegregation program. Its mission is "to provide, through professional leadership and voluntary citizen action, the development and promotion of quality integrated educational opportunities for urban and suburban students in the greater Boston community and to work toward the expansion of a collaborative education program with the Boston and suburban school systems." As of 2005, the program places more than 3,400 of Boston's minority students (African American, Asian, and Hispanic) into suburban schools. METCO, Inc. is funded by the Massachusetts Legislature as a result of the Racial Imbalance Act. It is the nation's oldest voluntary school desegregation program.
Arrangement:Organized into 6 series: 1. Administration; 2. Placement; 3. Curriculum; 4. Student and Family Support Services; 5. School District Support Services; and 6. Transportation.
Subjects and Contributors:
  • Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (Boston, Mass.)
  • Metco Program (Mass.)

  • African Americans--Education--Massachusetts--Boston.
  • Boston (Mass.)--Race relations.
  • Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston--History.
  • School integration--Massachusetts.
  • Segregation in education.
Restrictions:Files containing student information are restricted for 75 years from the date of their creation. Please contact the University Archivist for more information.
Processor:Finding aid prepared by Rachel Chatalbash, August 2005

Scope and Content Note

The records of the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Incorporated (METCO, Inc.) date from 1961-2005. They document the central administration's efforts to provide the city of Boston and the Boston suburbs with a voluntary school desegregation program. The documentation includes the records of directors and other administrators; Board of Directors correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes; financial material including grant proposals; transportation bids, documentation of vendor activities and relations, and records pertaining to the management of the Transportation Department; public relations material; records relating to school departments and curricula; student records; and audio-visual material. The bulk of the collection documents the organization's administration and programming. The collection also contains subject files and files on community organizations concerned with desegregation, race relations, and education. Additionally, an extensive collection of newspaper clippings documenting the evolution of the program, student and suburban school district activities, and the Boston metropolitan area's relationship with METCO is present in the Public Relations susbseries. It is important to note that this collection includes only the records of the METCO, Inc. (METCO's central administration) and not the records of staff employed by the school districts. All student records are closed for 75 years from their date of creation.

Historical Note

In 1963, a group of African American parents and community leaders organized to address the poor quality of education for African American students in Boston. Demands were made to the Boston School Committee to recognize and correct trends of de facto segregation in the Boston city schools. When refused, urban and suburban rights groups joined to protest the conditions. The Massachusetts Federation for Fair Housing and Equal Rights took an interest in urban-suburban educational cooperation and sponsored a meeting of more than 12 suburban school districts to explore the further development of such a program in November 1965. This meeting led to several others, and in December 1965, representatives of suburban school districts outlined the basic program that became METCO in 1966, a voluntary desegregation program that enrolls participating students in suburban school districts. It also functions as a service-delivery agency that provides support services to METCO students and their families. The METCO program pre-dates Federal District Judge W. Arthur Garrity Jr.'s court order seeking to end unlawful intentional segregation in the Boston public schools by eight years. The program was an attempt not only to bring educational opportunities to urban minority students but also to start the process of racial integration in suburban schools.

With the initial participation of seven suburban school districts, METCO, Inc. appointed its Board of Directors and central office staff in May 1966. METCO, Inc. offices opened at 178 Humboldt Avenue, Roxbury, with Dr. Joseph Killory as the new organization's Executive Director. On September 6, 1966, 220 METCO students took their first bus ride to 28 schools (K-11) in seven suburban districts. Funding for the program's first years came through grants from the Federal Office of Education and from the Carnegie Corporation. Ruth Batson became the Director of METCO in 1967 and served as such until 1970, when she was succeeded by Robert Hayden. In 1973, Jean M. McGuire became Executive Director, a position which she continues to serve in today (2005). In 1974, METCO, Inc. opened new offices at 40 Dimock Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

The Commonwealth became involved in funding the program in the early 1970's. At its peak, METCO was sending more than 3,500 students to suburban schools. However, as of 2005, 20 years of level funding and funding cuts have reduced the number of students enrolled in the program to about 3,330 in 35 school districts in metropolitan Boston and four towns outside Springfield. More than 50 percent of the program's annual 425 placements are in grades kindergarten, one, and two. 60 percent of students are African American, 30 percent are Hispanic, and 10 percent Asian, which is the composition of the Boston Public Schools' non-white student population. Currently, the program's waiting list exceeds 15,500 students.

METCO is governed by a Board of Directors made up of citizens from both Boston and the suburbs. Contracted by the Massachusetts Department of Education as the service provider for the METCO program, METCO, Inc. is reimbursed for services by the cities and towns that participate in its program. Funds are granted by the legislature and allocated to the communities to provide educational services for students who are enrolled in the suburban school districts. These communities then reimburse METCO, Inc. for its administrative expenses.

METCO's mission is "to provide, through professional leadership and voluntary citizen action, the development and promotion of quality integrated educational opportunities for urban and suburban students in the Greater Boston community and to work toward the expansion of a collaborative education program with the Boston and suburban school systems." The program sees itself as having the following purposes:

To provide the opportunity for an integrated public school education for children of color from racially imbalanced schools in Boston by placing them in suburban schools.

To provide a new learning experience for suburban children.

To provide closer understanding and cooperation between urban and suburban parents and other citizens in the Metropolitan Boston area.

METCO is one of three Voluntary Integration Programs in the Northeast and is the nation's oldest voluntary school desegregation program.
Chronology of Boston Metropolitan Area School District Participation
1966Arlington
Braintree
Brookline
Lexington
Lincoln
Newton
Wellesley
1967Concord/Carlisle
Framingham
Marblehead
Needham
Sharon
Walpole
Weston
1968Cohasset
Concord
Dover
Hingham
Lincoln-Sudbury
Lynnfield
Milton*
Natick
Reading
Scituate
Swampscott
Wakefield
Wayland
Westwood
1970Belmont
1971Foxborough
1972Dover/Sherborn
1974Beverly**
Georgetown**
Melrose
Randolph**
Rockland*
Winchester**
1975Sherborn
Sudbury
* No longer a METCO District.
** Approved by METCO but never funded.
Bibliography

http://metcoinc.org/index.html

Parent Handbooks, 1998-2002 (Box 1, folders 45 and 46).

http://www.doe.mass.edu/metco/
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Series:
1. Administration , 1960-2005 (bulk 1966-1990)
Volume:65.5 cubic ft. (63 boxes, 1 flat file drawer)
Arrangement:

Alphabetical within series.Organized into 5 subseries: A. General Information; B. Finance; C. Governance; D. Legislative; E. Public Relations.
Summary:

A. General Information (1.5 cubic ft.), 1965-2002, contains: annual reports (1969-1974, 1976-1989, 1995-1997, and 1999-2000); bylaws and guidelines; student and parent handbooks; and information pertaining to the history of METCO. Early documents such as those of the Lincoln and Newton METCO Coordinating Committees, a proposal by Leon Trilling for the program, and METCO's founding papers are included. Of particular interest is the Carnegie Corporation grant material and the 1975-1976 Massachusetts Department of Education Assessment of Students in METCO Programs.

B. Finance (1.5 cubic ft.), 1967-2000, contains: budget material; year end reports; comparisons of costs by school; financial statements; correspondence with and recommendations from the Massachusetts Department of Education; grant proposals for the general program (grant proposals for programs in individual schools can be found in Series 5. School District Support Services and grant proposals for the both the general program and individual schools can be found in Jean McGuire's files, Series 1C.2); and newspaper clippings on fund raising, the Massachusetts Department of Education, funding for METCO and METCO's use of funds.

C. Governance

1. Board of Directors (4.25 cubic ft.), 1965-2002, contains information relating to the METCO Board of Directors, its committees, and the Board's relationship to other administrative units, staff, schools, and METCO families. Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, and member lists comprise the majority of material. Information on the Board of Directors organizational structure is included. Records from the Presidents of the Board consist largely of correspondence.

2. Directors/Executive Directors (23 cubic ft.), 1964-2004, is comprised of the records of METCO's four Directors/Executive Directors: Robert Hayden; Ruth Batson; Joseph Killory; and Jean McGuire. This subseries includes: administrative policies and reports; staff meeting minutes; correspondence; financial, grant, and fund-raising information; and documentation of the activities of the main office and the school districts. School files are arranged alphabetically by school district and include correspondence, committee lists and notes, host family information, and material on the schools and surrounding communities. A large number of grant proposals for both METCO Inc.'s main office and the individual school districts are present.

3. Associate Directors (7.25 cubic ft.), 1973-2000, contains the records of four Associate Directors: Stephen E. Shaw; Russell Williams; Sandra Vaughn; and John Shandorf. These records document the relationship between the METCO administration and the Massachusetts Department of Education, community organizations, coordinators, students, and parents. They consist of correspondence, reports, financial material, memoranda, and newspaper clippings. Additionally, the Associate Directors files contain records pertaining to individual school districts. These records include correspondence with school districts, schedules, newsletters, reports, and transportation information. Ruth Batson's files as Associate Director are located with her Director files in Series 1C.2.

4. Parent Council, Inc. (.5 cubic ft.), 1966-1999, contains material created by the METCO Parent Council. The Parent Council served as a liaison between the Board of Directors and all parents involved with METCO. Records consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, public relations material, information and resources for parents, and annual reports.

D. Legislative (1.5 cubic ft), 1966-2002, contains: correspondence, both internal and with government officials; data concerning METCO towns, legislators, and legislation; reports on aspects of METCO by the Massachusetts Department of Education; court cases pertaining to METCO's activities; and information on relevant Massachusetts general laws. One highlight of the subseries includes files on METCO's Lobby Day, 1987-2002. The lobby day records document preparation for lobbying, the day's activities, and community and government support for and opposition to the program.

E. Public Relations (26 cubic ft.), 1960-2005, is comprised of material created by the Public Relations Department. Records include: newspaper clippings and magazine articles; mailing lists; alumni information; newsletters; flyers and posters; student, host family and staff directories; press releases; correspondence; information packets; reports; and audio-visual material. The majority of records in this subseries are PR directors' Marcus Mitchell and Jeannette Sanders files. Their files include large amounts of correspondence, documentation of area organizations, internal and external reports, and information on colleges and universities as well as information regarding METCO sponsored events, legislative issues, and community resources. The audio-visual material documents METCO events, staff, and students. Particularly well-represented are the 10th and 20th anniversary celebrations, METCO proms and fashion shows, and school activities. The audio-visual material is comprised of photographic prints, negatives and slides as well as audio cassettes, reel-to-reel audio tapes, and VHS and Beta video cassettes.
BoxTitleDate
A. General Information
1Agreement for Services1975-1976
1Alumni Association: Articles of Organization1987
Anniversaries
110th Anniversary1977
120th Anniversary1987
125th Anniversary1991
130th Anniversary1995
1Annual Reports (with gaps) (20 folders)1967-2000
1Archival Material Located at Other Institutions2000
1Articles of Organization1966
1Bibliographies2000
1Bylaws (5 folders)n.d., 1966-1995
Guidelines
1Advisory Boardn.d.
1Boston Communities Interested in Participating in METCO (3 folders)1966-1974
1Host Familiesn.d.
1Rules and Regulations1974-1975
Handbooks
1"METCO Handbook" (2 folders)1976
1Parent (10 folders)1977-2002
1Student (3 folders)1968-1990's
History and Background Information
1General n.d., 1966-1980's
1Agency Overview (2 folders)n.d., 1980's
1Armor Report: Response to (2 folders)1972
1Boston School Committee Proceedings1975
2Carnegie Corporation (2 folders)1968
2Chronology of the Development of METCO (2 folders)n.d., 1966-1975
2Continuing Impact of METCOn.d.
2Fact Sheets1960's-1990's
2Freedom House, Inc. Institute on Schools and Education (4 folders)1974-1978
2"A History of METCO: A Suburban Education for Boston's Urban Students" by Batson and Hayden: Preview Copy and Proposal (2 folders)1982, 1987
2"Lest We Forget: The METCO Story"n.d.
2Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee (2 folders)1966-1967
2Matriculation1986
2METCO Plan and Plan Review (10 folders)1979-1989
2METCO Program Experience1996
2Metropolitan Education for Boston: A Proposal for a Demonstration Project1966
2Newton METCO Coordinating Committee1967
2Organizational Structure and Chart (2 folders)n.d., 1973, 1994-1996
2Primary Servicesn.d.
2Program Standards (2 folders)ca. 1975
2Proposal for METCO Program by Leon Trilling1966
2Questions and Answers about METCO1960's-1990's
2Role of the Metropolitan Council1974
2School District Participationn.d.
2Statement of Policy1974
2Statement of Problems and Evidence of Needn.d.
Massachusetts Department of Education
2Assessment of Students in Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity Programs1975-1976
2Chapter 636 and METCO Reports1986
2METCO Assessment1975-1976
2Statement of Policy 1982
2Mission Statement1997
2Non-Profit Status1969-1987
Personnel
2Policies and Procedures (5 folders)1972-1997
2Practices Manual1981
2Job Descriptions (2 folders)n.d., 1970, 1996
Reports, External
2"An Analysis of METCO" by Agatha B. Simmons1984
2"City-Suburban Desegregation: Parent and Student Perspectives in Metropolitan Boston" by Harvard Civil Rights Project1997
2"METCO: Metropolitan Council for Education Opportunities Then and Now" by Marieta Joyner1989
2"METCO: Students' Perspectives and Voices" by Jennifer Arenson, Harvard Civil Rights Projectca. 1996
Reports, Internal
2Communications Group 1978
2METCO Policies and Practices: Recommendations for Changen.d.
2METCO Reorganizationn.d.
2METCO: A Program of Greater Boston Action to Improve Education and Racial Balance in Our Schools1966
2METCO: Suburban Education for Urban Children1966
2On the Importance of the Education of Our Studentsca. 1990
2Presentation on the METCO Program to Massachusetts Board of Education1994
2Responses to Panel Comments and Questions (Massachusetts Department of Education) (2 folders)1978-1979
2Six Month Progress Report of METCO, Inc. to the State Department of Education1995
2A Summary of the Report of the Advisory Committee on Racial Imbalance and Education of Massachusetts State Board of Education1965
2Research and Evaluation (3 folders)n.d.,1966-1972
B. Finance
2-3Budget (19 folders)1967-2000
3Financial Statements (15 folders)1975-1999
3Friends of METCO 1986-1987
3Fund Raising: A Night to Remember1988
3Funding n.d., 1980-2000
3-4Grant Proposals: General Program (24 folders) 1967-1998
4Instructional Costs per Pupiln.d., 1968-1987
4Interdistrict Transfer Program (2 folders)1973-1974
4Level Funding Impact Statement1986
4Massachusetts Department of Education (2 folders)1968-1986
4Newspaper Clippings: Funding and Budget1970's-1980's
Reports, Internal
4Funding of Education Costs for METCO Communitiesn.d.
4"A Good Fiscal System…."n.d.
4Request for Donations1991
4Research and Evaluation Budget 1967-1968
C. Governance
1. Board of Directors
4Board Developmentn.d
4Board/Executive Director Relationshipn.d.
4Board/School Committee Conference 1978-1979
4Board/Staff Relationshipn.d., 1976
4Bulletin1997
Committees
4General: Descriptions of Committees, Member Lists, Meeting Schedulesn.d., 1973, 1975, 1982-1986, 1995
410th Anniversary (4 folders)1976-1977
20th Anniversary
4General (2 folders)1986-1987
4Chairperson (Jamila Kenea) Files (3 folders)1986-1987
4Coordinator (Leon Nelson) Files1987
4Correspondence (2 folders)1986-1990
4Exhibitors 1986-1987
4Finance (2 folders)1986-1987
4Key Chainca. 1986
4Lolech Enterprises1987
4Mailing Lists1986-1987
4Members of 20th Anniversary Committees (2 folders)1986-1987
4Minutes1986-1987
4Newspaper Clippings (2 folders)1986-1987
4Poster Theme Contest1986
4Public Relations1987
4Registration Information1987
4Schools1986-1987
4Souvenir Journal (2 folders)1987
4Youth Program1987
425th Anniversary1990
4Advisory (2 folders)1971-1975
4Board Study (2 folders)1994-1995
4-5Budget and Finance (17 folders)1974-2000
5Bylaws (2 folders)n.d.,1988-1993
5Chairpersons/Vice Chairpersons (5 folders)1972-1989
5Community Liaison (2 folders)1978, 1985-1986
5Constructive Change1974
5Executive: Minutes and Correspondence (26 folders)1965-1995
5Facility Concerns1996
5Film1981
5Fund Raising 1988
5Grievance (2 folders)1977-1980
5Legislative (8 folders)ca. 1970-1998
5Long Range Planning1979-1981,1996
5Needs Assessment Task Force1987
5Nominating (8 folders)1966-1999
6Parent Participation 1983-1985
6Personnel and Grievance (6 folders) (1 restricted)1967-1999
6Program1998
6Program Review1978
6Public Relationsn.d.
6Scholarship (13 folders)1976-2002
6Search (Associate Director) (2 folders)1974-1994
6Steering (2 folders)1978-1989
6Conference: "METCO: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?"1976
6Correspondence (3 folders)1972-1999
6Directors' Association (2 folders)1980-1993
6Members: Lists (14 folders)1968-2000
6Membership Application for the Boardn.d.
6Membership Policiesn.d.
6-7Minutes (33 folders)1965-2002
7Organizational Structure of Boardn.d.
7Parent Council (5 folders)1972-1998
Presidents of Board
7Anderson, Leopold 1978-1994
7Boulware, Richard W.1987-1990
7Budd, Patricia1979-1981
7Chandler, Dana C. (2 folders) (1 restricted)1977-1986
7Fernandez, Manuel
7Nangeroni, Mary1977
7Roens, Bert1975
7Seymour, Sapaleto J.1990
7Smith, Irvin (2 folders) 1981-1985
7Stouffer, John1985, 1997-1998
7Taylor, Lynne1995
7Trilling, Leon1968-1970
7Vanderhoop, Arnold1973
7Questionnaire for Membersn.d.
Reports, Internal
7Administration (14 folders)1976-1999
7Annual Committee1996
8Reports to the Board (10 folders)1966-1998
8Suburban Education for Urban Children1967
8Treasurer's1990's
8Retreat (4 folders)1994-1998
8Training1994
8Transportation (4 folders)n.d., 1977-1998
8Vote of Authorization and Corporate Resolution1977-1988
2. Directors/Executive Directors
Joseph Killory
8Board of Directors1967
8Boston Public Schools1966-1969
8Carnegie Corporation1967-1968
8Communities Involved with METCO1967
8Correspondence 1966-1967
8Council for Public Schools 1966-1968
8Evaluation: Teacher Questionnaire 1966
Grant Proposals
8ESEA Title III1967
8Newtonn.d., 1967
8Operation Challenge METCO1966
8Public Relations1967-1968
8Report, Internal: "METCO: Suburban Education for Urban Children"ca. 1967
8Students: Accident Insurance1966
8Superintendents and Coordinators1967
8Wesleyan University1964-1968
Ruth Batson
Board of Directors
8General n.d., 1966-1969
8President Leon Trilling: Correspondence and Meeting 1966-1969
8Reports to (2 folders)n.d., 1966-1969
Boston Public Schools
8General: Reports, Memos, Eventsn.d., 1967
8School Committee (2 folders)n.d., 1967-1969
8Restricted Information1971
Busing Programs
8Great Neck, NY1968-1969
8Minneapolis, MN1972
8Verona, NJ1968-1969
8Othern.d., 1968-1969
8Calendars: School 1969-1970
8Carnegie Corporation1968-1969
Committees
8Community Coordination Committeen.d.
8Community Educational Development Inc.1966-1967
8Focus in Depth Task Force1966-1967
8Long Range Planning Committeeca. 1967
8New Careers Advisory Committee1972-1973
8Steering Committee1966
8Weisner Committee 1966-1967
8Coordinators n.d., 1968
8Correspondence (6 folders) 1966-1969
Curriculum
8Generaln.d., 1974-1975
8Book Listsn.d., 1966
8Correspondence1974-1975
8Materials1969
8Proposed Program for High School Girls1969
Finance
8General1966-1969
8Grant Proposals (4 folders)n.d., 1967-1969
8Tuition Reduction1968
Legislative
8General1966-1969
8Events 1966-1967
8Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination 1968-1969
8Massachusetts Department of Education (2 folders)1967-1969
8Massachusetts Federation for Fair Housing and Equal Rights1966-1967
8Racial Imbalance Law: Opposition 1966-1968
8Report of the State Task Force on Racial Imbalance1968
8United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare1968
8Notes n.d.
Organizations
8Association of Afro-American Educators1968
8Association of Urban Sisters1968
8Boston Community Media Committee1968
8Boston Urban Coalition1968
8Center for Opportunity for Progress in Education 1967
8Citizens Committee for the Public Schools, Inc. (NY)1966
8Citizens' Housing and Planning Association of Metropolitan Bostonn.d.
8Council for Public Schools 1966-1968
8Education Development Center 1966-1968
8Ford Foundation1968-1969
8Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra1968
8Highland Park Free School1968
8Human Relations Council of Greater New Haven, Inc.1969
8Institute of Open Education n.d.
9Inter-Agency Luncheon Group1966-1967
9League of Women Voters1966-1967
9Massachusetts Conference on Social Welfare1967
9National Committee for Support of Public Schools1968
9National Training Laboratoriesn.d.
9New England Grass Roots Organizations (NEGRO)1966
9Roxbury Boys' Club1969
9Roxbury Ministerial Allianceca. 1970
9TEAM Associates n.d., 1973
9United Community Services (UCS)1967-1968
9United Front1968-1971
9Urban League of Greater Boston 1969
9Warehouse Co-Operative School1969
9Youth, Inc. 1969
9Parent Council (2 folders)1966-1969
9Parents: Boardman Parents Group 1966
9Placement (Restricted)1966
9Private Schools 1969
Programs and Events
9In-Service Training (2 folders)1965-1968
9Model Cities1967-1969
9New Careers1968-1969
9Upward Boundn.d., 1967
Reports, External
9Archibald Report (2 folders)1966-1968
9Joint Project: Educational Programs for Socially Disadvantaged Populations1968
Reports, Internal
9Building Mutual Respect and Interracial Understanding—Urban-Suburbann.d.
9Evaluation of Staff Organizationn.d.
9Preliminary Planning Report: Program for Advanced Community Excellence and Equality in Education1965
9Report of Opening Phase of METCO Advisory Committee on Evaluation 1966
9Report of School Systems Waiving Tuition and/or Reducing Tuition1967-1968
9Report of Students Graduating from METCO Schools1969
9Report to the Carnegie Corporation 1968
9Students (Restricted)1967-1968
Research and Evaluation
9General (3 folders)n.d., 1966-1969
9Parent Interviews (2 folders)n.d., 1967
9Reports (2 folders)1966-1969
9Sociometric Study (3 folders)n.d., 1966-1967
9Student Interviewsn.d., 1967-1968
9Restricted Informationn.d.
9Schedules, Weekly1970
9-10Schools (32 folders) (6 restricted)1966-1969
10Speaking Engagements (2 folders) 1967-1969
10Special Education n.d., 1968
10'Statement to NBC from Boston's Black Community Regarding the Documentary "Ordeal of the Cities"'n.d.
10Student and Parent Meetings1966-1967
Students
10Conference 1968
10Conflicts: The Bridge, Gibson School, Martin Luther King Middle School (3 folders) (Restricted)1968-1969
10Restricted Information1968-1969
10Superintendents 1966-1969
10Transportation 1966-1968
10Tutoring (Restricted)1968-1969
Universities and Colleges
10General Correspondence 1967-1969
10Boston University1966
10Harvard University 1966-1967
10Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1968
10Simmons College1966
Robert Hayden
10African American Professionals in Boston 1971
10Board of Directors1970-1971
10Community Chairmen1971-1972
10Coordinators 1969-1970
10Correspondence (3 folders) (Restricted)1971-1973
10Finance 1971-1972
Legislative
10General1970-1972
10Racial Imbalance Act1970-1972
10Parent Council1971
10Personnel: Meetings1971-1975
10Placement (2 folders) (Restricted)1972
10Reading Scores (Restricted)1971-1972
Reports, External
10Group Consultation Program for Teachers1968-1969
10Psychic Understanding vs. Social Action1970
10Reports, Internal1970-1971
10Resignation1972
Schools
10Brookline1971-1972
10Concord1969-1970
10Framingham1970
10Lincoln: Sidetrack School 1971
10Stoneham1970
10Student Council 1970
10Student Protest1971
10Student Workshops1972
10Suburban Communities' Support for METCO 1971
10Summer Programs 1971
10Superintendents 1971
10Tutoring 1970-1971
10Ugima, Black Trainers Association, Inc.1971
Jean McGuire
10Administrative Issuesn.d., 1994
10Agency Activities and Background1994
10Agency Meetings1995-1996
10Alumni 1980's-1990's
10Automatic Data Processing Center (12 folders) (2 restricted)1974-1994
10Awards and Certificates n.d., 1970's- 1990's
10Banding1993
10Biographical File 1963-1990's
10-11Busing Programs (9 folders)n.d., 1964-1999
11Community Chairmen1975
11Community Liaisons (Restricted)1976-1978
11Conferences and Speaking Engagements (11 folders)1973-2002
11Coordinators (6 folders) (Restricted)n.d., 1969-2000
11Coordinators and Directors Meetings (6 folders)1992-2002
Correspondence
11-12Incoming (34 folders) n.d., 1973-1999
12Outgoing (26 folders)1973-1999
12-13Restricted (7 folders) 1970's-1994
13Curriculum (11 folders)n.d., 1974-1997
13Design of Learning Environment for METCO1973
13Directories (2 folders)n.d., 1974-1975
Directors' Association
13General (9 folders)1977-2001
13Conferences (4 folders)1987-1993
13Newspaper Clippings1991-1992
13Report on the Program to Eliminate Racial Imbalance1991
Directors, Former
13Batson, Ruth 1960's, 2002
13Hayden, Robert 1970's
13Enrollment 1966-1995
13Evaluation of METCO Program1995-1996
Finance
13General (2 folders)1975-2000
13Budget (9 folders)n.d., 1972-2000
13Correspondence1976
13Final Financial Report1986
13Fiscal Policies and Procedures1995
13Fund Raisingn.d., 1975, 2004
13-19Grant Proposals: General Program and Schools (147 folders)1973-2001
19Salaries1973-1978
19Forms (Blank)n.d.
19Goals and Objectives1997
19Governance Committee 1973-1980
19Guidance Office ca. 1996
19Handbooks: Director and Student (8 folders) n.d., 1971-1988
19Historyn.d., ca. 1973
19Kindergarten Screening1990
19Law Firm: Foley, Hoag, and Eliot1989
19Legal Cases (12 folders)n.d., 1975-2000
Legislative
19General (5 folders)n.d., 1972-2001
19Acts 1968
19Affirmative Action (3 folders)1970's-1999
19Amicus Brief, American Jewish Congress1999
19Amendments1986
19Bilingual Education 1994
19Black Political Task Force ca. 1978
20Boston 1980's-1990's
20Bus Committee 1986-1987
20Certified Minority Nonprofit Organizations1987
20Congressional Black Caucus1978
20Correspondence (4 folders)1971-2000
20Daly Sullivan Bill1975
20Desegregation 1980's
20Desegregation in Boston Public Schools (3 folders)1982
20Education Reform Bill 1993
20Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (5 folders)1975-1977
20Finance (2 folders)n.d., 1986-1999
20Flynn-Burger Amendment 1975
20Freedom of Choice Desegregation Plan 1983-1984
20General Lawsca. 1975
20House Ways and Means Committee 1986, 1995
20Krugerrand1985
20Legislative Committee 1989-1990
20Legislators n.d., 1973-2000
20Lobby Day 1989-1997
20Lobbying (2 folders)1970's-1990's
20Massachusetts Advisory Council on Vocational-Technical Education (5 folders)1978-1982
20Massachusetts Board of Education 1979-1982
20Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators1991
20Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System2002-2003
20-21Massachusetts Department of Commerce and Development (11 folders)1970's-1990's
21-22Massachusetts Department of Education (43 folders)1970's-1998
22Massachusetts Education Reform Act 1994
22Massachusetts Legislative Black Caucus (2 folders)1973-1980
22Massachusetts Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance1987-1996
22Massachusetts Operational State Plan1974
22Massachusetts Secretary Of Education (Paul Parks)1975
22Metropolitan District Commission 1997
22Norfolk County: School Diversion Program 1980
22Petition for Legislation 1975
22Proposition 1980-1981
22Public Hearing on Racial Discord1979
22Racial Census In Boston 1972-1973
22Racial Imbalance Law (3 folders)1965-1974, 1996
22Special Education 1974-1997
22Suburban Action Committee 1975
22Talent Search Program 1990's
22Transportation (2 folders)1986
22Tuition Tax Credits1982
22United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare1972-1973
22United States Department of the Interior 1995
22Urban Edge, Inc.1982
22Letters to the Editor 1998
22Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systemn.d., 1999
22Memoranda 1975-1998
22"METCO Bible" (3 folders)1975
23METCO Plan (3 folders)n.d., 1982, 1992
23Minority Non-Profit Organization Status1987
23Mission Statement1993
23Notesn.d.
23Organizational Structure1993
Organizations
23Lists n.d.
23Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. 1974-1990
23African American Federation of Greater Boston1992-1999
23Afro-American Book Source1980's
23Algebra Project (3 folders)1990's
23La Alianza Hispana 1994
23All Construction, Inc. (2 folders)1980's
23American Friends Service Committee: PeaceWork Newsletter1983-1986
23Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rithn.d., 1984
23Argonaut Press1999
23Artists-in-Residence Program1981
23Association for Progressive Education 1986
23Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Inc.1978-1981
23Aswalos House1987
23Bank of Boston 1987-1988
23The BELL Foundation1992
23Black Agenda Project1988-1992
23Black Ecumenical Commission 1979
23Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts (6 folders)1973-1999
23Black History Month Committee1982
23Black Political Task Force (2 folders)1979-1991
23Black Women for Policy Action1981-1986
23Boston Afro-American Artists (BAAA)1989-1990
23Boston Black Coalition1988
23Boston Children's Museum1990's
23Boston Community Partners for Student Success1994
23Boston Community School1978
23Boston Congress of Racial Equality 1966
23Boston Cultural Company, Inc.1988
23Boston Empowerment Center2000
23Boston Fair Housing Commission 1992-1993
23Boston Foundation1991
23Boston Freedom Summer1994
23Boston Housing Authority 1985-1989
23Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance 1985
23Boston Museum of Science 1987
23Boston Organizing Committee1994
23Boston Public Library1979
23Boston Redevelopment Authority 1987
23Boston Southern Council for Children 1987
23Boston Teachers Union1982
23Bottom Line1997
23Bridge Over Troubled Waters1986-1987
23Bridges Program 1999
23Building Trades Training Directors Association 1990
23Cambridge School Committee1982
23Casa Del Sol1982-1983
23Center For Law and Education 1980's
23Chinese Progressive Association 1994
23Citizens Committee for NYC, Inc.1980
23Citizens for Participation in Political Action 1988
23Citizens for Public Schools1995-1996
23City Missionary Society 1981-1982
23Citywide Educational Coalition (4 folders)1973-1999
23Citywide Parents Council, Inc. (3 folders)1979-2003
24The College Board1980-1990
24Common Cause1986-1987
24Community Change, Inc. (5 folders)1970-1994
24Community District Advisory Council 1980-1982
24Community for Human Rights1986
24Community Jobs Collaborative (3 folders)1986-1990
24Community Jobs Consortium (2 folders)1985-1986
24Community Research Review Committee 1970's
24Community Training and Assistance Center 1982
24Concerned Minority Employees of the MBTA1998
24Contractors Association of Boston, Inc. 1985
24Creative Input, Inc. 1974
24Creating It Through Productions, Inc.n.d.
24DAC International, Inc.1987
24Dana McLean Greeley Foundation for Peace and Justice, Inc.1986-1988
24Decade of Volunteers in Education of Massachusetts (2 folders)n.d., 1990
24Department of the U.S. Navy1994
24Dimock Community Health Center (8 folders)1979-1996
24Douglas A. Thom Clinic for Children 1974-1981
24Education Collaborative for Greater Boston 1974-1975
24Encampment for Citizenship, Inc. (2 folders)1975-1993
24Environmental Diversity Forumn.d.
24Executive Service Corps of New England, Inc.1991, 2002
24Fair Housing Committee of Ridgewood, Glen Rock and Vicinity 1973
24Family Service of Greater Boston (2 folders)1975, 1998
24Federal Court Public Education Project 1999-2000
24Federation of Black Directors 1982
24Fenway Retention Consortium 1987
24Fort Hill Mental Health Association (4 folders)1960's-1970's
25Framingham Prison Projectn.d.
25Freedom House (3 folders)1975-1995
25Greater Roxbury Development Corporation 1982-1985
25Harvard Civil Rights Project1997
25Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. 1991-1992
25Human Resource Center, Inc. 1987-1989
25Inner City Council for Children 1980
25Jackie Robinson Foundation 1990-1991
25Jobs Organization for Boston, Inc.1984
25Jobs with Peace: The Boston Peace Project1980's
25League of Women Voters n.d., 1990
25Lolech Enterprises1987-1993
25Low Income Students for Survival n.d.
25Low Income Welfare Organizing Collaborative 2001-2002
25Making a Way1999
25Massachusetts Advocacy Center (2 folders)1976-1981
25Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities1994
25Massachusetts Association for the Advancement of Individual Potential, Inc. 1979-1982
25Massachusetts Association for Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors1986
25Massachusetts Association of School Committees 1991
25Massachusetts Charter School Association 2003-2004
25Massachusetts Choice 1992
25Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination n.d.
25Massachusetts Council for Public Schools, Inc. 1966-1970's
25Massachusetts English Plus Coalition 1994
25Massachusetts Freedom Movement 1964
25Massachusetts Teachers Association 1976-1981
25The Medical Foundation1980-1987
25The Metropolitan Boston Zoos 1985-1989
25Metropolitan Planning Project (17 folders)1974
25Monalisa, Inc.2002
25Museum of Afro-American Ethnohistory, Inc.n.d.
25Museum of Afro-American History1998
25Museum Institute for Teaching Science 1998
26The National Alliance of Black School Educators (2 folders)1976-1999
26National Association of Black Social Workers1985
26National Center of Afro-American Artists 1996
26National Council for Black Family and Child Development1982
26National Education Association1978
26National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students 1977-1978
26Negro Airmen International (5 folders)197o's-1982
26Partners of the Americas1971-1972
26Polaroid Foundation1993-1995
26Police Practices Coalition (2 folders)1993-1996
26Primary Source: Tribute to Dr. John Hope Franklin 2000
26Project Concern 1981-1996
26Project Stepn.d.
26Project YES1979-1980
26Racewatch2000
26Roxbury Action Program 1975
26Roxbury Multi Service Center1992-1996
26Ruth M. Batson Educational Foundation 1981, 1987
26Street Academy System of Springfield, Inc.1971
26Sweet Honey in the Rock1985-1987
26Task Force on Southern Africa (2 folders) 1970's
26Tax Equity Alliance of Massachusetts 1991-1992
26Tchuba: The American Committee for Cape Verde (2 folders)1970's
26Training, Inc. (3 folders)1982-1987
26TransAfrica (2 folders)n.d., 1992
26Trotter Institute (2 folders)1987-1998
26United Methodist Urban Services 1991
26United Wayn.d., 1994
26Unity Boston1994
26Unity Organizing Committee1992
26Urban Edge Housing Corporation 2000
26Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc.1987
26WCVB TV Boston 1987
26W.E.B. Dubois Institute 1977
26WEATOC, Inc. 1986
26WomenIn2000
26Other1967-2000
26Overview of Organization 1974-1975
Parents
26General n.d., 1974-1999
26Annual Meeting1996-1997
26Calendar 1994-1997
26Correspondence to Legislators 1995-1996
26Involvement n.d., 1974-1977
26Orientation 1982-2000
26Parent Council n.d., 1974-1998
Personnel
26African American Staff1979
26Director of Personnel (Arnold Vanderhoop) 1976, 1987
26Goals and Objectives of METCO Secretarial Staff1973
26Human Resources: Workshops1991
26Job Advertisements1993-1995
26Job Descriptions (3 folders)1970's-1998
26Lists (5 folders)n.d., 1970-2000
27Memoranda to Staff1974-1992
27Minority Recruitment 1979-1981
27Policies (3 folders)1972-1998
27Practices Manual 1972, 1981
27Recruitment Office1979-1981
27Retreat (2 folders)1996-1997
27Salaries1973
27Staff Meetings (2 folders)1973-2000
27Placement (16 folders) (13 restricted)n.d., 1973-1999
Programs and Events
27Clergy Ride1976
27Cook-Dodd Workshops1973
27Milestone Jubilee: Committee1976
27Night to Remember1987
27Operation Integration 1999
27Proposed Activities for FY '851984
27Proposed Study: METCO's Challenge to the Suburbsn.d.
27Public Relations: Editorials, Statements, Presentationsn.d., 1975-2000
Reports, External
27Archibald 1967-1968
27"Blacks and Hispanics Will Not Be Divided: It is the Needs of Our Children Which Count, Not Ethnocentrism" 1985
27Brookline Early Education Project 2002
27Community Research Review Committeen.d.
27Discussion Paper: Issues in Educational Regionalism within New York State1973
27Distribution of White and Non-White Pupils in the (Boston) Public Schools 1972
27A Glimpse into METCO in Concord Massachusettsn.d.
27Heroism or Heresy? A Study of a Controversial Integration Policy Adopted by the West Irondequoit, NY Board of Education 1966
27Increasing Services for High School Students Seeking Guidance and Counseling 1982
27"In Response to the United Plan for Occupational and Vocational Education in the City of Boston" by Council on Minority Vocational Education1976
27Massachusetts Attitudes Concerning School Choice 1996
27Massachusetts Investment in METCO Program Returns Big Dividends n.d.
27METCO, Inc. Asian Outreach Effort, February to May 19961996
27METCO Program Status Report by Massachusetts Department of Education1988-1989
27Metropolitan Desegregation- "An Answer to the Skeptics" by Norman N. Gross1977
27Model of State Statute to Provide Educational Entitlement for At-Risk Students, Council of Chief State School Officers1987
27"Political Discovery in Government Center" by the Education Collaborative of Greater Boston 1974
27School Desegregation Guidelines for Local and State Education Associations1974
27Understanding METCO: Policies, Procedures, Practices, and Issues Affecting the Program to Eliminate Racial Imbalance 1993
Reports, Internal
27Administration (5 folders)1976-2002
27Carnegie Corporation Interim n.d.
27Curriculum ca. 1974
27ETDA 1974
27Evaluation Report: METCO, Springfield Public Schools1978
27Executive Director 1977-1978
27Guidance 1974-1975
27Lynnfield Workshop1974
27METCO Enrollment Increase: Lincoln 1975
27METCO Policies and Practices: Recommendations for Change n.d.
27METCO Report to the Massachusetts Board of Education Meeting1991
27Presentation on the METCO Program 1994
27A Prototype Program for Preparation of Elementary Students (Grades 3-5) for Return to School1978
27Psychology Department Quarterly (Restricted)1976
27Report of the METCO Subcommittee 1990
27Report to Carnegie Corporation 1968
27Sophisticated Parents are Successful Parentsn.d.
27Statement of Policy 1974
27Statement on Qualification1977
27Student Placement Report to Massachusetts Department of Education 1992
27Task Force Report1973
27What Makes Innovation Work in Massachusetts?: Strategies for State and Local Systems 1975
28Research and Evaluation (11 folders) (1 restricted)1966-1970, 1995
28-29Schools (70 folders) (6 restricted)n.d., 1965-2004
29Snow Cancellation Statistics ca. 1986
29Special Education n.d., 1984
29Statement of Alternative Social Service for METCO Students and Familiesn.d.
29Statistics n.d., 1972-1973, 1994
29Student Services Department (2 folders)1972-1993
Students
29Affairs Committee 1975
29Contracts (Blank Forms)n.d.
29Dances1987-1991
29Graduates1971-1998
29Original 2201966, 1980-1984
29Student Council1972-1987
29Termination 1984
29Writings 1976, 1994-1995
29Restricted Information1973-1999
Subject Files
29Adopt-A-School-Project 1995
29Africa (2 folders)1970-1990
29African American Black School Educators1974
29African American Children1970's
29African American Mobilization1970's
29African Americans In Congress1976
29AIDS (2 folders)1986-1992
29Boston 1986-1991
29Boston Vocational Education Revitalization Project 1993
29Churches 1980's
29Community Members 1980
29Correctional Institutions 1979-1987
29Cultural Materials and Resources 1981-1987
29Desegregation (2 folders)1984-1993
29"Dialogue Between Boston Globe and Concerned Black Persons"1980
29Employment1980's
29Engineering 1978
29Housing and Urban Development (2 folders)1980's, 1999
29Integrated Education 1969
29King, Mel (3 folders)1983-1984
29Kwanza 1992
29Mandela, Nelson1986
29Making School Work: An Education Handbook for Students, Parents and Professionals1975
29Martin Luther King Day n.d.
29Mental Health 1970's
29Middle School Reform Project1994
29Milwaukee 1988-1999
29Preparatory Schools1993
29Southern Africa (2 folders)1973-1975
29Summer Jobs 1977-1978
29Teen Dating Violence 1984
30Urban Recreation 1994
30Vocational Education (2 folders)1987-1988
30Women (2 folders)1976-1990
30Women's Educational Equity Project 1970's
30 Suggestions 1977
30Summer Programs (5 folders)1976-2002
30Superintendents: Correspondence and Memoranda, Minutes, Reports, Lists (10 folders)1967-2002
30Teacher Training Institute 1977-1979
30Transportation (13 folders) (2 restricted)n.d., 1973-1999
30Tutoring (3 folders) (1 restricted)n.d., 1979-1993
Universities and Colleges
30Bates College 1984-1990
30Boston College 1993-1999
30Boston State College: "White Students Reactions to Token Desegregation"ca. 1972
30Boston University 1978, 1998
30Bowdoin College 1991-1996
30Harvard University 1982-1995
31Lesley College 1980-1996
31Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Architectural Assistance Programn.d.
31Middlebury College 1989-1990
31Northeastern University 1974-1999
31Pine Minor College 1986-1988
31Roxbury Community College1981-1994
31University of Lowell 1987
31University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Thomas Devaney1993
31University of Massachusetts, Boston1995-1997
31University of New Hampshire1994
31Wellesley Collegen.d.
31Other1984-1994
31Vision Statement n.d., 1991
31Vision Task Force1990
31Volunteers n.d.
31Workshops 1986-1987
31Yearbook Project 1995
3. Associate Directors
Stephen E. Shaw
3110th Anniversary Committee 1976-1977
31Automatic Data Processing Center (2 folders)1976-1980
31Attendance Policy n.d.
31Biographical Filen.d.
31Board of Directors (2 folders)1977-1981
31Board-School Committee Conference: Correspondence 1979
31Busing Programs, Other: Urban-Suburban Interdistrict Transfer Program 1977-1978
31Community Meetings Calendar1978
31Coordinators n.d.
31Correspondence (6 folders)1974-1981
31Dimock Community Health Center 1976-1980
31Directors' Association1979-1981
31Finance (7 folders)1974-1981
31Legal Cases1978-1979
Legislative
31General 1977
31Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ca. 1977
31Massachusetts Department of Education (5 folders)1975-1981
31Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare1979
31Massachusetts General Laws and Billsn.d.
31METCO Film and Discussion Project (2 folders)1976-1978
31Newspaper Clippings 1980-1981
31Notesn.d.
31Organizational Structuren.d.,1975
Organizations
31Lists n.d.
31African American Master Artists-in-Residency Program (AAMARP) 1978-1980
31The Benson Ensemble Co. 1977
31Black Educators' Alliance of Massachusetts1973
31Community Change, Inc: Project Proposal 1978
31Community Criminal Justice Forum Committee (4 folders)1980-1981
31Coordinated Social Services Council1977
31Environmental Energy and Nutrition Learning Center, Inc. 1980
31Freedom House1978
31Johnson Enterprises 1981
31Junior Achievement 1980-1981
31Klan Youth Corps n.d.
31Massachusetts Coalition for Human Rights: Proposal 1977
31Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy 1990
31National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students 1980
31Suburban Action Institute n.d.
31Tchuba 1975
31United Church of Christ n.d.
32Parents1978-1981
Personnel
32Generaln.d.,1975-1985
32Recruitment1978-1981
32Placement (3 folders)n.d.,1976,1978-1980
Programs and Events
32Black Respect Day1978
32Lytle Benefit Concert1979
32Milestone Jubilee: Clergy Ride1976
32Project Family1980
32Public Relations 1975-1977
Reports, External
32Armor1970
32Boston Population Trends and Shifts by Neighborhood Ward and Precinct 1982
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