Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools, Override on May 13th, 2008 No Comments »
SOS is about sharing information, whether it is good, bad or ugly. At last week’s school committee meeting, our guidance department discussed the accreditation issue and shared a quote from the Director of Admissions at Boston College. We felt we should share it with you:
“…While the college would not penalize the student applicant due to […]
Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools, Override on May 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
We’ve worked hard to learn as much as we can about the accreditation issues at the High School and we’ve learned a lot. Here is what we know.
1. What is the latest official news?
This week, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges downgraded the High School to […]
Posted in About SOS, Accreditation, Funding Our Schools, Legislation, Override, SPED, State Fiscal Conditions on May 1st, 2008 No Comments »
The SOS committee recently recorded three informational videos which are available on Hamilton Wenham TV as well as Google Video. You can view the videos here at our website by visiting our Videos page.
Here is Hamilton Wenham TV’s schedule for the next two weeks:
Episode 1- 5/3 at 12:30
Episode 2 - 4/30 at 5:00 and […]
Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools, Meetings, Override on May 1st, 2008 No Comments »
Bad News Item 1: The Wenham Finance Committee voted not to support the full amount of the override.
Yesterday, the Wenham Finance Committee voted 4-1 not to support the full amount of the override. (The Hamilton Finance Committee supports the override 4-1 in favor and 2 of the 3 Hamilton Selectman support the override.) At Wenham […]
Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools on May 1st, 2008 No Comments »
In a letter to Robert Krol, Principal of the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, received 4/29/08, NEASC informed him that the commission had decided to place the “school on warning for concerns regarding its adherence to the Commission’s Standards for Accreditation on Curriculum and Community Resources for Learning.” The letter went on to say:
“The concerns […]
Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools, Override on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
To Avoid Redistricting 45 Elementary School Students from Cutler and Winthrop.
If the override fails, 45 students will be redistricted from Cutler and Winthrop in grades 2-5.
To Keep Our Language Arts Support Programs in the Elementary Schools.
If the override fails, the language arts support programs in the elementary school will be […]
Posted in Accreditation, Funding Our Schools on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
In April of 2007, the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School received a letter from the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc. (NEASC) — a letter that represents an objective, third-party assessment of the status of our current services. The news was not good.
A high school […]
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