Homeschool benefits and savings in Foxborough

Foxborough Public Schools lets a child in an approved home education program use district classes or extracurricular activities when there is room and the Superintendent approves. Send written notice to the Assistant Superintendent before your home program begins and reapply each school year.

By Andrew Garber, founder of TheHomeschoolingCompany. Reviewed August 25, 2026.

Who qualifies

1. Has an approved home program

   Complete the Home Education Application with your child's name, age, residence, and hours; approval weighs your curriculum, teaching competency, materials, and testing.

2. Lives in Foxborough

   The procedures cover Foxborough families who educate children ages 6 to 16 at home.

3. There is space in the activity

   Access to curricular or extracurricular activities depends on availability.

4. Superintendent approves

   The Superintendent must approve your child's participation.

What access includes

These terms come from Foxborough Public Schools' home schooling page and School Committee policies IHBG and IHBG-E.

District classes (curricular activities)

If space and approved

Extracurricular activities

If space and approved

Meeting with the Assistant Superintendent

Offered at application

MCAS state testing

Not included

Textbooks and materials

Not supplied

The page does not describe a separate request form for activities, so raise the activity you want when you meet with the Assistant Superintendent.

How to request access

1. Before you start

   Notify the Assistant Superintendent

   Send written notice and the Home Education Application before your home program begins.

2. On the start date

   Unenroll and return items

   Your child is unenrolled on the program's start date, and school-issued technology and materials must be returned.

3. After approval

   Ask about an activity

   Request the class or activity; the Superintendent approves it if space is available.

4. Each school year

   Reapply

   Families must reapply for each academic year.

What it includes

Included

• District classes
• School extracurricular activities

Not included

• MCAS testing
• Textbooks and instructional materials

Who to contact about access

Assistant Superintendent Stephanie Burroughs reviews home education applications and can discuss activity access with you.

burroughs@foxborough.k12.ma.us Home schooling page

Homeschool rules and statewide help in Massachusetts

Obtain approval of your home education plan from the resident district before instruction begins or withdrawing a child of compulsory school age. Renewal and reporting follow the district’s homeschool policy.

Massachusetts sets these rules:

• Subjects: The approved plan must provide instruction in the studies required by law, equal in thoroughness, efficiency, and progress to the local public schools. Districts review content, materials, instructional time, methods, and evaluation.
• Testing: Assessment methods and reporting follow the locally approved plan. Massachusetts does not impose one statewide annual standardized-test requirement.
• Records: Keep the progress evidence and reports required by your approved district plan; the state does not prescribe a single homeschool portfolio format.
• Teachers: State educator-licensing requirements for public schools do not apply to home instruction.

Read the Massachusetts homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Massachusetts

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