72 Kendall Rd
Lexington, MA 02421

A great school for typical kids. For families considering the therapeutic program, please be careful. While there are good teachers at Bridge, administration and therapeutic staff do not seem specialized or interested in appropriate interventions. My child’s educational plan was rarely followed. More often than not, the idea seemed to be removal of privileges and isolation. I was presented with a plan for addressing behaviors. I signed, trusting what was presented to me: a collaborative plan to help my child. In fact, it was a document that allowed them to initiate the process of removal. Later I learned that they are required to make a case that some sort of crisis is happening before they can force you to leave. Sure enough, my child was subjected to physical restraint three times in the following week. (They had never needed restraint prior and had never exhibited violent behavior in any setting known to us). 90 percent of my child’s problems have disappeared since leaving.

My advice is not to take French at this school. The Dean and teachers are not interested in your child’s success or their ability to speak French after graduating high school. The primary objective of one teacher in the department is to impart her sense of social justice and political views on the class, while another teacher wants to fail the class so they can learn that life is hard and develop persistence/ resilience. The dean refuses to acknowledge their is an issue. Thankfully they hired a native French speaking teacher in the last year that makes me hopeful that things will improve.

I will say there is a lot of academic pressure but besides that it is a really good School. My best friend goes to this School and she loves it. My best friend has a lot of mental health issues so it makes her have a lot of panic attacks this school is very understanding to this. There are good counselors and their nice. this school is also a poc and lgbtgia+ safe School. They take discrimination very seriously and bullying. Compared to my School it is so much better I highly recommended this School.