A residential school for troubled high school students, that has been at odds with the state, is getting a provisional six-month license.
The State Office for Child Care Services says it will drop its lawsuit against the DiSisto School in Stockbridge.
The 25-year-old school and the state had quarreled over whether the school needed to be licensed by the state.
Advocates for parents of children in residential schools are welcoming the news.
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