MA: Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education (Office of Student and Family Support)

The Office of Student and Family Support (SFS) works in partnership with educators, schools, students, families, and other agencies and organizations across the Commonwealth to advance the Center for Educational Options and Department’s goals and mission. Our programs and initiatives aim to ensure access to high quality, equity focused, and student-centered pre-K–grade 12 education and strengths-based supports.

This work helps advance DESE’s Educational Vision, and DESE’s Whole Student strategic objective (p.8) in particular. Through this strategic objective, DESE partners with districts, schools, and programs to cultivate systems to support the whole student and foster joyful, healthy, and supportive learning environments so that all students feel valued, connected, nourished, and ready to learn.

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