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The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Chronically Underperforming Schools: Third Quarter FY2019 Reports

To:
Members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
From:
Jeffrey C. Riley, Commissioner
Date:
April 12, 2019

In the fall of 2013, four schools were designated as chronically underperforming in response to their low performance and lack of improvement while designated as underperforming schools: UP Academy Holland (UAH) and Paul A. Dever Elementary School (Dever) in Boston, Morgan Full Service Community School (Morgan) in Holyoke, and John Avery Parker Elementary School (Parker) in New Bedford.

In order to continue to provide you with timely information about the chronically underperforming schools, I have included below the third of four FY2019 quarterly progress updates to the Board for each school, focusing on activities from January-March 2019. The final annual review for FY2019 will be presented in June 2019. We have also included FY2019 MCAS accountability targets for each school for your reference.

Paul A. Dever Elementary School, Boston, MA
Prepared by Michael Contompasis, Receiver

Successes:

Challenge:


UP Academy Holland (UAH), Boston, MA
Prepared by UP Education Network, Receiver

Successes:

Challenge:


Morgan Full Service Community School, Holyoke, MA1
Prepared by Superintendent Zrike, Receiver

Successes:

Challenge:


John Avery Parker Elementary School, New Bedford, MA
Prepared by School and Main Institute, Receiver

Successes:

Challenge:


 

Note:


1 In the fall of 2018, the grade-span for the Morgan School changed from serving grades Pre-K-8 students to Pre-K-4 students, as two new middle school options were opened: Veritas Prep Holyoke and Holyoke STEM Academy. More information on the district's middle school redesign efforts.