The SEEM Collaborative Hurd School program, run by the Stoneham-based SEEM Collaborative, is a therapeutic public day-school program whose students range from 6 to 11 years in age (kindergarten through fifth grade). The program is based at Melrose's Ripley School, which was converted from an elementary school to the Early Childhood Center in 2001. When the Early Childhood Center moved to the Franklin School in 2008, the Hurd School Program moved into the Ripley School.
The Hurd School program is specifically designed for children who do not possess the skills necessary to meet the day-to-day demands of traditional elementary programs, due to behavorial or educational challenges.