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METCO director reports steady enrollment, new grants and summer programming
Summary
METCO director Amy Jackson told the Hingham School Committee on May 19 that the district’s METCO enrollment is 43 students, the program received two supplemental grants, and several new family and student activities — including summer STEM programs — are planned.
Amy Jackson, METCO director for Hingham Public Schools, told the School Committee on May 19 that Hingham’s METCO enrollment currently stands at 43 students and that enrollment levels depend on available seats.
Jackson said the district received two supplemental grants in addition to state METCO funding and described family-engagement events and planned summer offerings that she said aim to deepen student supports and enrichment.
Jackson gave the enrollment breakdown by level: 19 students in elementary school (6 at East, 4 at Foster, 2 at Plymouth River, 7 at South), 12 at Hingham Middle School and 12 at Hingham High School. “Please note that our enrollment is depending on available seats,” Jackson said.
On funding, Jackson said the district receives state METCO funding for FY25 and that the district also secured two additional grants: one for $31,444 she credited to grant-writing support from Barbara Catawba, and a racial equity and inclusion supplemental grant for $15,000 that she and Superintendent Robins helped submit. The FY25 state allocation was described in the presentation but the amount as spoken in the meeting record was unclear.
Jackson described recent and planned METCO activities: a family painting event co-sponsored by the Hingham Unity Council and PTOs, a Boston University STEM “Tech Revolution” week funded by the supplemental grant that will take six METCO students, a five-week academic/enrichment summer program with six METCO students enrolled, an HBCU college tour attended by METCO and Hingham students, and a METCO advocacy day at the State House that included a tour of the Senate chamber.
Jackson also highlighted in-school supports, naming Tina Hakuka (METCO interventionist) as a staff member who works directly with METCO students across elementary and middle schools to provide academic and social-emotional support.
Jackson closed by naming two METCO seniors and their postsecondary plans: Sanaya Riley Brooks (attending UMass Boston, majoring in psychology) and Daniel Davis (attending Morehouse, majoring in business with a minor in film studies).
Committee members thanked Jackson and praised the program’s family engagement and student supports. Several members noted the METCO events and supplemental grants as evidence of active programming heading into summer.
