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Some of the programs offered at the Locke include the Compass Program, which serves Billerica's autistic population of students, providing students with a least restrictive educational environment where their social and academic skills are able to reach utmost potentials.

Special educators, with the help of the Locke administration and multiple fundraising efforts from the Billerica Parent Advisory Council for Special Education successfully opened the Locke Middle School ’ s first school store, “ Before School Starts the Store ,” this academic school year.

The school store gives the ASD students a chance to enhance their life / working skills for the future, as well as giving those special education students the chance to be mainstreamed with their general education peers, developing and fostering social relationships while learning responsibility, reliability and good work ethic.