Framingham's public schools offer a pipeline for inclusion
SUPPORTED BY The On the Street series looks at the past, present, and future of neighborhoods in Greater Boston.In 1994, President Bill Clinton too...
SUPPORTED BY The On the Street series looks at the past, present, and future of neighborhoods in Greater Boston.In 1994, President Bill Clinton took the stage at Framingham High School and looked out onto the audience of more than 2,000 students and teachers. He was there to celebrate the school system's achievements, its 'academic excellence.' And he zeroed in on its diversity.'It's a school that really looks like America,' Clinton said.Today, the Framingham Public Schools remain as multicultural as ever — about 30 percent of the students are learning English, and students speak 70 languages at home.