Editing Mansfield, Massachusetts (section)

==Education==
The first school record in Mansfield is from 1719, when Thomas Skinner was chosen to be the first schoolmaster. School was taught out of people's homes until the first school building was built in 1793. The school was a small brick building and was in poor condition by 1850. Mansfield's first high school came to be in 1872 under the direction of Rev. A. F. Frost.<ref name=":0" />

Mansfield currently has its own school department, consisting of five schools, governed by a superintendent of schools (whose office is located directly adjacent to the town hall) and a school committee. (Coincidentally, the school department building was once the public library and before that, it was the town hall, and the town hall was once the high school.) There are five schools serving various levels within the town: the Roland Green Preschool, the Everett W. Robinson Elementary School (serving grades K–2), the Jordan-Jackson Elementary School (serving grades 3–5), the Harold L. Qualters Middle School (serving grades 6–8), and [[Mansfield High School (Mansfield, Massachusetts)|Mansfield High School]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Our Schools|url=http://mansfieldps.ss8.sharpschool.com/about/about_our_schools|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=mansfieldps.ss8.sharpschool.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Mansfield's teams are nicknamed the Hornets, and their colors are green and white. For many years in the 1980s and early 1990s, the school's marching band hosted the first event of the [[New England Scholastic Band Association]]'s fall field show competition season. Other than the Roland Green Preschool, all the town's schools are located on either side of East Street near the center of town.

In addition to the public schools within the town, Mansfield residents can also send their children to the Foxboro Regional Charter School free of charge.  High school students may also attend Southeastern Regional Vocational-Technical High School in Easton or Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton free of charge.  The town has one parochial school, Saint Mary's Catholic School, which serves grades Pre-K–8, and an Islamic high school, Al-Noor Academy, which opened in 2000 and serves the Islamic community along the I-95 corridor.

Mansfield is also known for its outstanding high school sports and music programs. Football, soccer, baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, lacrosse, track and field (Men), and Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field teams have won multiple league, division, and all-state titles. In 2013 and 2019, the Mansfield Hornets football team won the Division 2 state title,<ref>Boston Globe</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/12/07/mansfield-overcomes-turnovers-win-division/aPr9lqS0nmj4ietcN7t1zJ/story.html|title = Mansfield overcomes turnovers to win Division 2 - the Boston Globe| website=[[The Boston Globe]] }}</ref> and in 2018, the boys' basketball team won the state Division 1 championship, defeating Hockomock League rival Franklin at the Mass Mutual Center in Springfield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/sports/local_sports/h-s-boys-state-final-mansfield-claims-school-s-first/article_50d8a79c-2a42-11e8-9778-47fd2c6718f9.html|title = H.S. BOYS' STATE FINAL: Mansfield claims school's first hoop title| date=March 18, 2018 }}</ref> Mansfield High football and girls' basketball coach Michael Redding was inducted into the state football coaches' hall of fame in 2019. The Mansfield music program has also won many awards over the years. The school's percussion ensemble has won many regional championships in the NESBA ([[New England Scholastic Band Association]]) circuit and the international championship held by [[Winter Guard International|WGI]] (Winter Guard International) in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 19, 2012|title=Mansfield High School Percussion Ensemble|url=https://mansfieldbandparents.org/ensembles/mhs-percussion-ensemble/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Mansfield Band Parents Association|language=en}}</ref> The school also has a growing marching band (which competes in NESBA and [[USBands]]), concert band, choir, and orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mansfield Band Parents Association|url=https://mansfieldbandparents.org/|access-date=October 25, 2020|website=Mansfield Band Parents Association|language=en}}</ref>

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