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Commendations are also extended to S. Joseph In May of this year, we were notified by Middle DiMaggio and his staff for the operation of the Town's School principal Charles P. Liberty, that he would be transfer station and the monitoring of the recycling leaving his position immediately due to poor health, operation. The bi-monthly inspections of these opera- His official resignation date was November 5th. Mr, tions by our consulting engineers,Weston&Sampson Liberty has served the town well for the last 16 years of Peabody, consistently give him high marks. as our first Middle School principal.Betty Phillips was hired in August as Mr. Liberty's replacement. We also wish to acknowledge Weston & Sampson in their involvement with the Board of Health in the In 1993, the Legislature passed far-reaching educa- lagoon closure construction plans, landfill closure and tional reform legislation. Ivey points of this law are: capping, site assessment, hydrogeologic work in con- nection with the landfill and the regional septage treat- * school councils ment facility plans together with the Town of • required professional development for all staff Sandwich. • levels of accountability for student performance • statewide curriculum framework Stetson Hall and his staff at the Barnstable County • a required minimal per pupil funding level Health,Environment and Human Services Department • greater requirements for teacher certification have again this year been of invaluable assistance to us,particularly in the area of ground and surface water A very complicated funding formula does not help sampling and analysis. our school system cope with growth. In fact, the fund- ing formula actually punishes growing school sys- In conclusion, 1993 was a very busy year for this tems. office. We expect this upward trend of activities to continue and our commitment to protecting the public I am very concerned that the minimum under the health of all Mashpee residents and visitors will also law will become the maximum in terms of available continue. classroom dollars. In 1993, our downward per pupil budget trend continued. On behalf of myself as Chairman, Steven R. Ball, Co-Chairman and Stephen J. Greelish,Clerk, we wish This year,the Kenneth C.Coombs School moved to to recognize our staff for their commitment and dedi- a fully self-contained classroom structure with all cation in the performance of their duties. We also major academic instruction delivered by the assigned wish to thank you, the Citizens of Mashpee for your homeroom teacher. Art, music, computers, physical continued trust and support. education and science lab were subjects provided by the support services of our specialists. Our guidance Respectfully submitted, counselor taught second and third grade health class- John T. Doherty es, materials focused on self-esteemru , conflict resolu- Chairman g y tion, and dand alcohol awareness. Our system adopted a new reading series that fos- tered opportunities for reading and writing associa- tions through a strong literature program.A number of Report of the our teachers on the first and third grade levels con- School Depadment ducted cooperative reading activities through a peer tutoring arrangement. In conjunction with the Mashpee postal system and with specific cooperation To the Mashpee School Committee and the Citizens from Mary Beth O'Brien and Robert Maxim, the of the Town of Mashpee: Coombs School began the "Wee Deliver' program which strengthens children's written communication Our school system has now expanded to 1,601 stuW within a school. This was a successful first year, dur- dents with 1,309 students in grades PS-8. our new 15- ing which we handled large volumes of mail and room addition opened in September adding badly advanced our writing program sutstantially. We also needed classroom space. adopted the concept of ROADWORK(Reading Qpens All Doors) which was a daily school-wide sustained To address the needs of our high school population silent reading program for all classes. our staff also beyond 1996, the voters of Mashpee approved 28.7 took a great step forward toward the inclusion model million dollars for the land, construction and furnish- in special education with a very positive instructional Ings of a new high school. Mashpee's first high school plan,particularly in grade three. will contain core facilities for 1,350 students and classroom space for 1,000 students. 84