Horace Mann School
In 2003, with the cost of upkeeping the old Horace Mann building rising, the Barnstable School Committee voted to close the school and reorganize the district. The building that housed BMS@MM was then converted to Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School(BHMCS), with students in grades 5 and 6. Students in grades 7 and 8 attend Barnstable Middle School (Formerly Barnstable Middle School at Hyannis). In 2008, with the district facing a 5 million dollar deficit, it was voted to close three elementary schools and move the fourth grade students into the school. This involves moving the 6th graders into the Barnstable Middle School.
Its name incorporated that of the famous education advocate Horace Mann. This is followed in the operation of the school which was run by a board of trustees and was more oriented to student education than other schools.
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