Mr. Dan Fagan, Assistant Principal - Mr. Michael Byron, Principal

Joseph H. Martin School opened in September of 1972 and housed grades six through eight.
It remained that way until January of 1981 when fifth grade was added after the Caswell School
fire. In September of 1981, Martin became a kindergarten through grade eight school until 1997.
Then, Martin School went back to being a "middle" school and now houses grades five through eight.

The first principal of Martin School was James T. Thomas who was previously headmaster of
Taunton Vocational High School. While the school was under construction, the workers discovered
a woodchuck living in what are now the soccer fields. Mr. Thomas would visit the site and feed the
woodchuck, whom he named Gertrude. For those of you who were curious, that is how a woodchuck
became the school mascot. Mr. Thomas retired in June of 1981. Since then we have had Mr. Donald Cleary,
Dr. Stephen Desroches, Mr. Christopher Baratta and now Mr. Michael Byron as principals of the Joseph H. Martin School.

Thanks to Mr. Richard Paulson, our school historian, for help in developing this page!