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The Commission's Watershed Nitrogen Management Plan will have major water quality, land Report of the use and fiscal ramifications for the Town, so we invite School Committee all residents to actively participate in its development through our meetings and public hearings during 2007, by reviewing and commenting on the draft To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the reports we generate and by any other means available. Citizens of the Town of Mashpee We also encourage you to visit the Cape Keepers web site at www.capekeepers.or to educate yourself on the The Mashpee Public Schools have carefully serious problem Cape Cod has with nitrogen overload- reflected on our current status and where we want to ing of our bays and the potential means of fixing the be in five to ten years. The School Committee and problem. School Improvement Councils have set goals and developed action plans to achieve their goals, As we all know, it took decades for our water- Developed collaboratively with broad community par. t ways to get into their current poor condition and it will ticipation, the district Strategic Plan, School r probably take decades to clean them up,but now is the Improvement Plans, and the Vision and Mission r time we must decide how we can do it. Your partici- Statement provide a detailed roadmap toward excel- t pation and support will be sincerely appreciated. lence. Taken together, these documents chart the e course for the next five years and provide direction for Respectfully submitted, budget development. Through continuous, focused , F. Thomas Fudala, Chairman improvement, we will set goals, monitor progress i Matthew T. Berrelli, Vice Chairman toward goals, and refine our goals. Donald R. Desmarais, Clerk Strategic Plan A group of forty community members,including parents, students, staff, and town officials came together to develop a Strategic Plan. This plan,which includes six goal areas, is the blueprint for achieving excellence. The core of our work is Goal Area I, Academic Achievement. All other Goal Areas support Goal Area 1. The Strategic Plan establishes priorities and provides a focus for our improvement efforts. It holds the district accountable for results and facilitates the budget process. Progress on the Strategic Plan is monitored twice yearly and is reported to the public. The Strategic Plan is available online at 1 www.mashpee.kl2.ma.us. i School Improvement Plans Site-based School Councils were developed as part of the Education Reform Act of 1993. School Councils serve as an advisory board to the principal and helps to develop School Improvement Plans. In Mashpee, the School Improvement Plans are aligned to the district Strategic Plan and set measurable goals for student achievement. School-based Performance Improvement teams reviewed achievement data, including MCAS and classroom assessment results,to set achievement goals. 120