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Belchertown State School for the Feeble Minded

Closed Belchertown, Massachusetts

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Address: Belchertown, MA
Type: Other
Operated: Opened 1975

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Belchertown State School for the Feeble Minded was an other in Belchertown, Massachusetts. It opened in 1975.

News coverage

The Berkshire Edge Apr 8, 2016 Closure

Massachusetts State Revokes Eagleton School Licenses and Relocates Students Following Investigation

Following an investigation into allegations of staff abuse and evidence tampering, the Massachusetts Early Education Commission revoked the residential and special education licenses of Eagleton School. The state assumed emergency control of the facility to transition the remaining students to alternative placements and oversee the closure.

Research notes

Added 2026-10-01 by the news scan from: The Berkshire Edge, "Eagleton School closes after licenses revoked; students being relocated - The Berkshire Edge", 2016-04-08 source

Reporting this program

This program closed, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Massachusetts reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.

News coverage

Massachusetts State Revokes Eagleton School Licenses and Relocates Students Following Investigation

Research notes