Lexington Public Schools is a public school district in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. The district comprises six elementary schools, two middle schools, and a high school. Each elementary and middle school is named after an important figure in Lexington's history. District schools There are nine schools in the Lexington Public School district: Bowman Elementary School Bridge Elementary School Joseph Estabrook Elementary School Fiske Elementary School Harrington Elementary School Maria Hastings Elementary School Jonas Clarke Middle School William Diamond Middle School Lexington High School Elementary schools Lexington's six elementary schools - Bowman, Bridge, Joseph Estabrook, Fiske, Harrington, and Maria Hastings - serve students in kindergarten through 5th grade. Bowman Elementary School Bowman Elementary is named for the descendants of Nathaniel Bowman, the progenitor of an important family in Lexington's history. The current principal at Bowman is Jenny Corduck. The mascot of the school is the Bowman Bear. Bridge Elementary School Bridge Elementary is named for the descendants of Matthew Bridge, to whom the once-farmland around the school site formerly belonged. A mural on the front side of the school building represents "working together". The current principal at Bridge is Meg Colella. Bridge was a High Performing National Blue Ribbon School in 2010. Joseph Estabrook Elementary School Estabrook Elementary is named after Joseph Estabrook (1669–1733), the first school teacher in Lexington. The current principal at Estabrook is Gerardo Martinez. The school garnered nationwide attention from the David Parker controversy, when parents sued the Lexington school system, arguing that their children were being coerced by public school teachers "to affirm the correctness and the normalcy of homosexuality" and same-sex marriage. The bulk of the legality of the controversy revolved around whether parents have a right to receive parental notification and opt their elementary school children out of such content. Federal courts ruled against the Parkers. The school was torn down and rebuilt in time for the 2014-15 school year due to PCB contamination. This was the first time in the United States that a school was torn down for that reason. Fiske Elementary School Fiske Elementary is named for the Fiske family, which circa 1678 was the first family to settle on East Street. The current principal at Fiske is Brian Baker. The current facility was constructed between 2005 and 2007. A Fiske that was formerly located on Maple Street adjacent to Harrington Elementary School closed in February 2007, reopening as an office