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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Stoughton Schools to Undergo Accountability Visit from the State

The Stoughton Public Schools will be visited by a team from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education during the week of January 28, 2013 as part of a routine accountability review.

The following is a press release from the Stoughton Public Schools (learn more about the Accountability process here): The Stoughton Public Schools will be visited by a team from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education during the week of January 28, 2013.   According to the Department, the purpose of this visit is to document steps that the school district has taken to improve student learning since its previous visit. School district officials have reported a number of innovations that they have made during the past few years.   State official Eva Mitchell, manager of the Center for District and School Accountability said that the hope is that the review team members will represent an independent assessment of just how …

Pat

2:13 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

The above press release from the Superintendent states  “The District has also been effective in sustaining its percentage of graduates who go on to post secondary education at about 94%.”  I am a little confused by this statement. I would hope the superintendent or school committee will direct us the actual link at DESE that contains this information. I have inquired about this claim before and …   more ›

Thursday, December 13, 2012

About Town with Mark Snyder

ABOUT TOWN - Stoughton School Committee Member: Dr. Rizzi "Playing Russian Roulette" with State Funds

Welcome to "About Town with Mark Snyder," a column that will keep you up to the minute with what's what, who's who and what's going on around town. If you see or hear something we could use here, let us know by sending an e-mail to pmpco@aol.com.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER SAYS RIZZI PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH STATE FUNDS - School Committee member Dr. Erdem Ural fired off a number of missives to the press, his fellow board members, the Selectmen, and others, but his biggest volley was addressed to Superintendent of Schools  Dr. Marguerite Rizzi and Stoughton Schools Finance Director Jessica Denison. He wrote that he stumbled upon a letter from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education by accident on December 10. The letter, dated December 3, 2012, stated, in part: “We have not received your 2011-2012 End of Year Financial Report. While you may have been granted an extension, that extension has expired. If your completed report is not electronically …

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