about us

The Community School has provided caring, high-quality, affordable, age-appropriate early childhood education for the children of Maynard and its surrounding communities for more than 50 years.

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The Community School opened its doors in the fall of 1968 as a nursery school. Because Maynard did not offer kindergarten through the public schools at the time, the Community School provided the town’s first free, licensed kindergarten.

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In 1972, the Community School was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a private, not-for-profit organization, and a volunteer Board of Directors was established. In 1975, the school launched a year-round child-care program in addition to the morning-only pre-school program it had been offering since 1968.

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​The Community School shifted from a full-day childcare program to half-day preschool program in 2010 and continues to thrive and meet the needs of the community.