This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Neighbor News

Milestones Day School hosts "Legislator Day"

School administration was joined by incoming maaps Executive Director, Elizabeth Dello Russo Becker, and outgoing maaps ED, James V. Major.

Jayda Leder-Luis, Community Contributor
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22918705/20190401/052536/styles/raw/public/processed_images/07-2_groupshot-1554153912-8251.jpg
Milestones Day School students pose with school staff, legislators and state officials at last week’s "Legislator's Day" (Photo courtesy of maaps)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22918705/20190401/052536/styles/raw/public/processed_images/02-2-1554153912-108.jpg
maaps outgoing Executive Director, James V. Major, addresses parents, students, and legislators (Photo courtesy of maaps)
https://test.patch.com/img/cdn20/users/22918705/20190401/052536/styles/raw/public/processed_images/10-2-1554153912-6782.jpg
Milestones Day School’s Head of Admissions welcomes new Executive Director of maaps Elizabeth Dello Russo Becker (Photo courtesy of maaps)

On Friday, March 15, Milestones Day School and the Massachusetts Association of 766 Approved Private Schools (maaps) hosted an "Invite Your Legislator to School" day to increase awareness around issues facing special education schools across the Commonwealth. In attendance were Massachusetts State Senator Michael Rush and State Representatives Kay Khan and Paul McMurtry.


Students attending maaps member schools, like Milestones in Waltham, often have learning difficulties, physical, socio-emotional, and/or medically complex challenges that cannot be met by traditional public schools. This session, maaps has introduced or sponsored six separate bills related to special education funding, tuition rates, background checks, and licensing from the Department of Early Education and Care.

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?

More from Belmont