IMPROVE WEST SCHOOL PERFORMANCE?

Based on 2013 MCAS performance, the website www.schooldigger.com ranks West Elementary school 758th of 886 Massachusetts public elementary schools. In other words, The West School is in the bottom 14% of the all elementary schools in Massachusetts.  

During the last school committee meeting, the Superintendent Rizzi pointed out that, according to DESE, West school's overall performance in 2012/13 relative to other schools in same school type puts it in the bottom 23%, which is slightly up from bottom 19% previous year.

Regardless of which number you use, inequality of West school in instruction and programming is unacceptable. It is unfair to students, it is unfair to the parents, and it is unfair to the homeowners in the West School area.

This observation then begs the question: Did Stoughton have the resources to educate the West School students better in 2012/13 school year?

The answer is an unequivocal yes.

Because recently, the Superintendent announced that she could not spend $780,000 of 2012/13 school year budget. She could not spend the $207,500 allocated for instruction, $268,000 allocated for special education, and $111,000 allocated for maintenance.

There's something happening here. But what it is pretty clear!