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 law suits against the school. The school had to convince lawyers to wait until the school's funding to recoup over $30,000 in legal fees
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. On June 12, 2011, AMSA graduated its first class.
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 a HP 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.
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