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Newton, Massachusetts

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Newton’s Health and Human Services Department includes commissions that focus on human rights, youth, seniors and those with disabilities.

The Human Rights Commission works to decrease discrimination and prejudice in the city, and Newton public schools benefit from the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, which is designed to decrease racial separation and expand educational opportunities for students in nearby Boston and Newton.

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