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Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education State Government · State Services News School/District Profiles School/District Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability Family & Community Administration Finance/Grants PK-16 Program Support Information Services BESE Home District/School Administration Administration Board Meeting Schedule The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Board in Brief Board Meeting Minutes Board Documents - October 30, 2007 BESE Members Board Documents Regular Meeting Agenda BESE Advisory Councils Massachusetts Board of Education Chairman's Statements Randolph High School 70 Memorial Pkwy. Randolph, MA 02368 Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:30 a.m. Comments from the Chairman Comments from the Commissioner Statements from the Public Routine Business: Approval of the Minutes of the September 27, 2007 Regular Meeting and September 26, 2007 Special Meeting - Vote Items for Discussion and Action: 1. Presentation by Randolph School Officials - Discussion 2. MassCore (Recommended High School Core Program of Studies for College- and Career-Readiness) - Continuing Discussion 3. Board of Education Budget Proposal for FY 2009 - Initial Discussion 4. Supports for Students - Continuing Discussion 5. Commissioner's Recommendations on 15 Underperforming Schools - Discussion 6. Amendments to Regional School District Regulations (603 CMR 41.00): Commissioner's Operation of Regional Districts in Emergency Circumstances - Discussion and Vote 7. Charter Schools 1. Renewals for Four Schools (Abby Kelley Foster, Foxborough Regional, Mystic Valley Regional, and Sturgis) - Discussion and Vote 2. Charter Amendment for Uphams Corner Charter School - Discussion and Vote 3. Approval of Extended Loan Term for Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School - Discussion and Vote 8. Advisory Council Appointments - Discussion and Possible Vote 9. Approval of Grants - Vote Other Items for Information: 10. Education-Related News Clippings 11. Massachusetts Education Research Brief: "Supply and Demand of STEM Workers in Massachusetts" 12. Report on Randolph Public Schools by Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (EQA) 13. FY07 Annual Report on Educator License Revocations and Limitations 14. FY07 Annual Reports from Board of Education Advisory Councils 15. Directions Briefing The Board's ad hoc committee on public comment will meet at Randolph High School following the October 30 regular meeting at 1:00 p.m. There will be a special meeting of the Board of Education to continue discussion of the budget proposal for FY 2009 on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Board of Higher Education, One Ashburton Place, Room 1401. last updated: October 29, 2007 E-mail this page| Print View| Print Pdf Search · Site Index · Policies · Site Info · Contact ESE State Government · State Services News School/District Profiles School/District Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability Family & Community Administration Finance/Grants PK-16 Program Support Information Services BESE Home District/School Administration Administration Board Meeting Schedule The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Board in Brief Board Meeting Minutes Randolph BESE Members Board Documents To: Members of the Board of Education BESE Advisory Councils Chairman's Statements From: Jeffrey M. Nellhaus, Acting Commissioner of Education Date: October 23, 2007 The October 30th Board of Education meeting is being held in Randolph to call attention to the fiscal difficulties that this school district and others are experiencing. Rising costs and the unpredictability of state aid in recent years have led many districts to reduce services. Randolph has closed schools, laid off teachers, eliminated school transportation, increased class sizes and imposed fees for athletics. Several attempts to pass Proposition 2 1/2 overrides have failed. At the request of Board Chairman Paul Reville, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has begun a study to identify the causes of budgetary problems in Randolph and other struggling communities around the state. Our main concern is the impact of the cutbacks on the students in these districts. We are studying the data and will consult with local officials in districts that have been particularly affected as well as with the superintendents', school committees', and business managers' associations. Fundamentally, we need to ensure that districts are equipped, financially and otherwise, to meet the demands placed on them by both state and federal law. Not surprisingly, Randolph's problems go beyond financial challenges. In this month's packet is a report on Randolph from the Educational Management Audit Council (EMAC) and the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability (EQA), pointing to some significant performance problems. The district is also listed as "in need of improvement" for subgroup performance in both English and Math. At a future Board meeting, we will discuss the EMAC/EQA report and possible next steps. This month, however, the Board's focus will be on Randolph's finances. We have invited Superintendent Richard Silverman to assemble a panel of school and community leaders to address the Board briefly with their perspectives about the nature, origins and consequences of the current financial difficulties. The discussion at this month's meeting is an important step in determining what the Board and Department can do to assist Randolph and other communities in similar situations. This discussion, as well as the study that the Department is conducting, will help to inform our FY09 budget proposal. Data Points on Randolph last updated: October 26, 2007 E-mail this page| Print View| Print Pdf Search · Site Index · Policies · Site Info · Contact ESE State Government · State Services News School/District Profiles School/District Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability Family & Community Administration Finance/Grants PK-16 Program Support Information Services BESE Home District/School Administration Administration Board Meeting Schedule The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Board in Brief Board Meeting Minutes MassCore Continuing Discussion BESE Members Board Documents To: Members of the Board of Education BESE Advisory Councils Chairman's Statements From: Jeffrey Nellhaus, Acting Commissioner of Education Date: October 23, 2007 The purpose of this memorandum is to continue the Board's discussion of MassCore and, based upon your feedback, make modifications if necessary. I then plan to bring MassCore back for a vote in November. MassCore is intended to help our state's high school graduates arrive at college or the workplace well prepared and reduce the number of students taking remedial courses in college. MassCore recommends a comprehensive set of subject area courses and units as well as other learning opportunities students should complete before graduating from high school. In proposing MassCore to the Board, I am keenly aware that with increased national and international competition, more will be expected of our high school students in the future. Simply stated, our high school students must be prepared to compete with students across the globe. The development of MassCore has been informed by the Education Trust and Achieve along with research conducted by the United States Department of Education. The research findings are similar - the single best predictor of success in college is the courses students take in high school. Spring 2006-2007 Background In spring 2006, Chancellor Patricia Plummer and I convened an advisory committee to recommend a program of studies that most, if not all, students would take in high school. The committee was comprised of representatives from public and private higher education including college admissions officials, business and industry representatives, superintendents, middle and high school administrators, high school guidance counselors, and students. Regional focus groups and meetings with the mathematics and science state advisory committees were conducted to advise the Department in the development of the MassCore draft. In March 2007, the Board was provided with a draft of MassCore that included four units of English and mathematics, three units of lab-based science, three units of history and social science, and two units of the same foreign language and six units of additional core courses. The recommended program of studies included a list of additional learning opportunities that students could take in high school to enhance their college and career readiness. At that meeting, I reported on a high school survey conducted by Department staff to ascertain the percentage of students in the Class of 2006 who had completed the "courses and units in the draft MassCore program of studies." Seventy-nine high schools completed the survey (23%) and, based upon the results, about 70% of the graduates in the Class of 2006 completed the proposed high school program of studies. In the urban high schools responding to the survey (15), approximately 45% of the graduates completed the proposed program of studies. This contrasts to 80% in suburban high schools. While the survey sample was less than 25% of the high schools in Massachusetts, the results point to a significant course-taking gap between students in urban and suburban high schools. At the April Board of Education meeting, Michael Cohen, President of Achieve, provided the Board with a national perspective on state graduation requirements as well as an update
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