Community Leaders React to High School Ranking

Earlier this week we announced that was selected by US News & World Report as the . Over the past couple days we’ve talked to various people around town that have a stake in the schools; here’s what they had to say.

: “Results like these are a tribute to the skilled, dedicated faculty and administrators at Hopkinton High School. They are also the product of outstanding, consistent community support for education, family support for our youth, hard-working students and a strong school system populated at every level by dedicated, expert, caring educators. There’s plenty of credit to go around.”

State Representative Carolyn Dykema (D – Holliston): "Hopkinton High School's third place ranking by US News is a remarkable accomplishment, and didn't happen by accident. Hopkinton has always made education a priority. This special recognition is the product of strong leadership over many years and an unwavering commitment by the town to excellent schools. I'm so pleased to be able to congratulate the town on this worthy accomplishment."

: “Getting recognition like this is great. Although there is no way to directly correlate the numbers, when people see awards like this it really puts the town on homebuyers radar.”

“We’re very proud of our schools, and thrilled to be recognized by these national publications.”

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