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Special Start

By Cambridge Public Schools

Special Start is Cambridge Public Schools’ preschool program for students with disabilities. The program provides services for preschool aged children 3 to 5 years of age.

students learning
This program runs during the school year.
Monday through Friday.

Ages: 3 and 4.

Grade Preschool.

Cambridge residents only.

Contact

Shelagh Kelly Walker
Coordinator
617.349.6502

Registration required

  • Sign-up is ongoing

https://www.cpsd.us/cms/One.aspx?pageId=3474753

Learn more about registering for school by contacting our Family Resource Center! See website below.

Free!

Ubicación

  • Both in-person and virtual (online or over the phone).

Baldwin School
85 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Estados Unidos

Baldwin
Cambridgeport School

89 Elm Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Estados Unidos

Cambridgeport and The Port

Fletcher Maynard Academy
225 Windsor St
Cambridge, MA 02139
Estados Unidos

The Port

Graham and Parks
44 Linnaean St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Estados Unidos

Neighborhood 9

Kennedy-Longfellow School
158 Spring St.
Cambridge, MA 02141
Estados Unidos

East Cambridge

King Open School
359 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
Estados Unidos

Mid Cambridge

Morse School
40 Granite St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Estados Unidos

Cambridgeport

Peabody School
70 Rindge Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02140
Estados Unidos

North Cambridge

Register for Special Start at the Family Resource Center

Wheelchair accessible.

Additional information

Special Start provides services for preschool aged children requiring special education, which include: screening, evaluation, development of Individualized Education Programs, walk-in-therapy, direct instruction in inclusionary, integrated and substantially separate classrooms and other services as deemed necessary through the team evaluation process. Typical learners are enrolled in our integrated classrooms through the annual Application Process.