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Junior/Senior High School plans. We hope our efforts During the second full year of Education Reform,it will be successful in downsizing the wastewater treat- is now obvious that the funding formula does not ment plant and in proposing an alternative treatment allow growing school systems to provide level ser-- process with resulting cost savings. vices. The school system is currently developing a school improvement plan for all certified staff mem- With the new Title V (State septic regulations) tak- bers that is consistent with the needs of the system and ing effect on March 31, 1995, we expect to be much will assist teachers in the recertification process. busier in the septic permitting process. It may be nec- essary to hire additional staff to meet the new require- The School Committee approved the reorganization ments. of the school system to allow three K-6 schools with two schools housed in the current Middle School and We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the the high school serving students in grades 7-12. Barnstable County Health and Environmental. Department in the areas of ground and surface water The 1993-1994 year at the Coombs School was sampling and analysis. marked by a change in grade organization, leaving us with grades one, two and three. Enrollments at the In conclusion, on behalf of the entire Board of school ,remained at approximately 500 through the Health, I wish to recognize the diligence and dedica- year.and,in October,an increase in grade one numbers tion to protecting the public health by our staff: Health created the need for an additional class. Agent Elias McQuaid; Assistant Agent Orin Evans and Administrative Secretary Veronica Mayer. All students are organized into heterogeneous class- rooms that provide instruction in all of the academic Respectfully submitted, areas. Special education inclusion efforts were extend- ed to the second and third grades this year and deliv- Steven R. Ball, Charman ered special needs services within the classroom set- John T. Doherty, Co-Chairman ting. This year, a health teacher was added to the pool 3 Robert F. Cram, Sr. Clerk of subject specialists. This position was funded t through a grant flowing from the tobacco tax. 3�5g V Many teachers received training in the PALMS ini- tiative, aimed at strengthening mathematics and sci- ence education. This training was effectively translat- ed into many challenging classroom activities. Additionally,math enrichment and Great Books actio- Report of the ities were maintained at our school. School De During the spring, a series of family math activities brought together parents and their children in unique math situations. Art history program was again funded To the Mashpee School Committee and the Citizens and capably taught b parent volunteers. The imple- of the Town of Mashpee: p Y g y p mentation of the 1993 Reform Law saw the formula- Our school system continues its rapid growth and tion of school council activities,a representative,advi- now has a total enrollment of 1.,699 students in grades sory group that will be directing school improvement ps-12. plans for future years. The School Building Committee has devoted an The PTO began to service both the Coombs and the enormous amount of time and energy preparing the Middle Schools and helped put together the annual construction documents for our new high school. The pancake breakfast and spaghetti supper.Proceeds from architectural firm, Symmes, Maini and McKee the supper represent the basis for the Kenneth C. Associates, Inc. (SMMA) has projected March, 1995 Coombs School scholarship for high school seniors. for our ground breaking. The facility will be located at 500 Old Barnstable Road and will initially serve stu- After-school program offerings expanded into some dents in grades 7-12. new areas, including chemistry,poetry, American sign language, a study of insects, traditional activities in In June, 1994, Robert E. Tippo was selected to be music, art and computers. Special programs this year the principal of the Middle School. In August, Louise were evening concerts for the second and third grades, Doyle was selected as the Middle School Assistant "Wee Deliver" postal program, which fosters letter- Principal to replace Suzanne Ericson who requested a writing and, through the fundraising support of par- year's leave of absence. ents, a number of instructive and interesting field trips. 96