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Mansfield School Committee Nov. 15 Roundup

A summary of the Mansfield School Committee's Nov. 15 meeting.

The Mansfield School Committee discussed a letter from a concerned parent regarding school sizes in the district.  Committee members decided to put all the teacher to student ratios online for all parents to see.

MHS physics teacher and teacher supervisor of the MHS robotics team James Carver-Brown came to discuss how the robotics was doing, upcoming events and activities and funding opportunities. Carver-Brown also discussed the increased rate of academic and career-based success students who participate in the program achieve since the program’s inception in 1989.

The school committee also discussed the fiscal year 2013 budget.  Mansfield Public Schools Director of Finance and Operations Edward Vozzella  said that the current outlook, with extra funding through various state and federal programs as well as budget enhancements, was looking up.

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MHS Principal Michael Connolly came to the meeting and discussed the school’s strategic improvement plan as well as the accreditation process for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. He said that the school is currently in process of self-evaluation, which will be tested against the NEASC’s standards in a following evaluation in 2013.

The committee also approved two school field trips, one to Italy and one golf trip. Both trips were approved 4-0 with Jean Miller absent.

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Committee member Kiera O'Neil brought up the possibility of mandated community service allow seniors at MHS to graduate. The implementation of this process would require the creation of oversight positions within the school


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