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| Darby Vassall Upper School | |
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| Location | |
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181 Vassal Lane , 02138 | |
| 42°23′04″N 71°08′23″W / 42.3844°N 71.1398°W | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Established | 1971/2025 |
School district | Cambridge Public School District |
Principal | Daniel Coplon-Newfield |
| Grades | 6–8 |
Darby Vassall Upper School, sometimes abbreviated as DVUS, is a public secondary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. First established in 1971, then reestablished in 2025, the building they currently stay in costed 321 million dollars to build, making the most expensive middle school in the state.[1][2] The school is named after Darby Vassall, an abolitionist and civil rights activist.[3]
Demographics
editAs of the 2024-2025 school year, the school is 38% White, 27% Black, 17% Asian, 12% Latino/Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, and 6% multiracial, not including people that are Latino or Hispanic. 51.6% of people are men, which is more biased than the states 50.9% enrollment. The school currently does not have any non-binary people enrolled.[4]
Performance
editControversy
editIn 2022, the school was criticized for its old name, Vassal Lane Upper School, as Vassal Lane was named after John Vassal, who enslaved hundreds of people in Jamaica. The first proposed name was Vassall Turk Upper School, to honor Darby Vassall, a civil rights activist and abolitionist, and Carolyn Turk, a superintendent who had just recently retired at the time.[6] This name, however, was rejected and was replaced with Darby Vassall Upper School, just using the name Darby Vassal and not Carolyn Turk.
References
edit- ↑ Chiasson, Hugo. "Four Years and $321 Million Later, CPS Opens Tobin Montessori and Darby Vassall Upper School Complex". thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Kids meet Tobin and Vassall schools Tuesday, public is invited to $299M campus in October". cambridgeday.com. Cambridge Day. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Darby Vassall". nps.gov. National Park Service. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Darby Vassall Upper School". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Darby Vassall Upper School". profiles.doe.mass.edu. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Bilimoria, Meadow; Klumb, Max. "City Council Struggles to Rename Vassal Lane Upper School". registerforum.org. The Register Forum. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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