Editing Middleborough, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==

Middleborough has its own school system, headed by a school committee and superintendent. There is one school for kindergarten children, the Memorial Early Childhood Center, housed in the old junior high (previously the old high school). It opened in September 2007 after a $13 million renovation. The Mary K. Goode Elementary and the Henry B. Burkland Elementary Schools serve grades 1 through 5. The John T. "Tiger" Nichols, Jr. Middle School (1999) serves grades 6 through 8, and the [[Middleborough High School]] serves grades 9 through 12.  Middleborough High's mascot is the "[[Sachem]]", and their colors are black and orange. Other sports teams in town include the semi-pro football team the Middleborough Cobras and the middle school baseball team the Tigers.

Middleborough is also home to the Frederick L. Chamberlain School, a private institution that serves students from around the world struggling with learning disabilities.

In 1856, Middleborough-born, [[Baltimore]] businessman-wholesale hardware merchant, banker, and steamship line owner, [[Enoch Pratt]], (1808–1896), established as one of his first philanthropies in The Pratt Free School, later adding additional bequests upon its incorporation in 1865. It later became a grammar school, preparing students for entering the [[Middleborough High School]]. Later in 1882–1886, he endowed the [[Enoch Pratt Free Library]], the nation's first circulating, public library system (with a central library and five branches) and later further endowed a mental health institution, the [[Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital]].

The Middleborough campus of [[Massasoit Community College]] is also located here.

In November 2017, "Middleboro voters approved a $103 million dollar plan to construct a new Middleborough High School building and campus." The project started in February 2019 and was completed in the spring of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/news/20171108/voters-support-new-middleborough-high-school-plan-by-2-to-1-margin|title=Voters support new Middleborough High School plan by 2 to 1 margin}}</ref>