Editing Easthampton, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Easthampton Public Schools}}
In 1797, the town was divided into four school districts. By the middle of the 19th century, the town offered over twelve small schools. Over the following century, the town began to reduce the number of small schools and to build schools suited for higher volume. In 1897, an eight-room school was constructed on Maple Street. The Maple Street School was later enlarged to 16 rooms. The junior high school was consolidated here from 1950 to 1962. After 1962, this school was used for elementary classes.

[[Mount Holyoke College]] graduate Sarah Chapin, the last principal of girls at Williston Seminary, became the town's first high school principal in 1864. Chapin designed the initial curriculum, and served as principal until ill health in 1891. She retired with the class of 1901 and died that summer. In 1864, Williston Seminary decided to stop offering classes for girls. The town constructed a two-story school for use as the town's first high school. In 1912, the school district constructed a new high school and enlarged this building (then called Park Primary School) using brick salvaged from the Center Union School. It was used as an elementary school until 1939 and again from the 1950s to the 1970s. This building, now called the Memorial Building, is currently being used as municipal offices.

In 1902, the town responded to the population increase resulting from the growth of the West Boylston and Hampton Companies. The Center Street School, an eight-room school, replaced the Center Union School. In 1920, the interior of this building was reconfigured as a 12-room school. It has served as a middle school, high school, and grade school. Replacing the Lovefield Street School in 1902, the Parsons Street School was built to serve children in the New City section of town.

In 1912, a new high school was built. An eight-room school was expanded in 1934, adding a gymnasium and an auditorium. After a new high school was built in 1962, this building was used for a junior high school and middle school. In 1975, it was converted for use as a grade school and renamed the [[Neil A. Pepin School]].<ref>Dwyer, Edward. ''Images of America; Easthampton''. 1st ed. Charleston, Chicago, Portsmouth, San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. 85-94. Print.</ref>

As of March 2023, the city's [[Easthampton Public Schools|public school district]] includes a single PK-8 school, Mountain View School,<ref>[https://epsd.us/mountain-view-school Mountain View School official website] Retrieved February 18, 2023</ref> and a high school ([[Easthampton High School]]), which was built in 2013. In addition, Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School (K–8),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hilltowncharter.org/|title=Hilltown Cooperative – Charter Public School}}</ref> and the Williston Northampton School (7–12), a private preparatory school<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boardingschoolreview.com/the-williston-northampton-school-profile|title=The Williston Northampton School Profile (2020) &#124; Easthampton, MA|website=Boarding School Review}}</ref> are based out of Easthampton.