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Report of the
<br />School Committee
<br />The vision of the Mashpee Public Schools is that
<br />every student, every day is safe, respected, and ensured
<br />to achieve academic excellence in a personalized
<br />learning environment that includes quality teaching,
<br />small class sizes, and the use of technology. Our mission
<br />is to ensure a comprehensive program of academic rigor,
<br />scope, and depth to prepare all students to be college and
<br />career ready and to value service to others.
<br />Non-Negotiables
<br />• We value all students.
<br />• Every decision we make is data -driven to
<br />improve student learning and achievement in a
<br />system of rigor and relevance.
<br />• Our classroom instruction and interventions are
<br />informed by data -based problem -solving.
<br />• Our district academic and behavioral protocols
<br />are implemented with fidelity.
<br />• Our professional learning and collaboration
<br />improve educator practice by focusing on
<br />curriculum and instruction that are implemented
<br />with fidelity.
<br />• We establish and sustain partnerships to ensure
<br />that all students are college, career and civic
<br />ready.
<br />Mashpee Public Schools' Blueprint for Progress
<br />(2017 - 2020)
<br />Goal One (Learning and Teaching) -
<br />Professional learning and opportunities for
<br />collaboration that focus on instruction, curriculum, the
<br />learning environment, and student achievement will
<br />improve educator practice and result in improved
<br />outcomes for all students.
<br />Goal Two (Using Data Strategically) - Mashpee
<br />Public Schools' multi -tiered system of supports
<br />(MTSS) problem -solving protocol will guide our
<br />practice in addressing the academic, behavioral, and
<br />social -emotional needs of all students, resulting in
<br />improved outcomes for all students.
<br />Goal Three (Engaging All Stakeholders) - We
<br />will foster shared responsibility for ensuring all
<br />students are college, career, and civic ready by building
<br />trust, collaboration, and engagement among students,
<br />staff, families, and community partners.
<br />Review of 2018 - 2019
<br />Christopher Santos was the Chair of the School
<br />Committee, Geoff Gorman was Vice -Chair, George
<br />Schmidt was Secretary, and Don Myers and Nicole
<br />Bartlett were members.
<br />Patricia DeBoer served as Superintendent, and
<br />Hope Hanscom served as Assistant Superintendent.
<br />Our enrollment of Pre -Kindergarten through Grade 12
<br />students was 1616 (as of October 1, 2018), and our
<br />dedicated staff totaled 267.
<br />Our FY 2019 level -service budget was
<br />$21,736,943. Using an offset of $355,411 from School
<br />Choice Program funds, the Town of Mashpee
<br />appropriation was $21,381,532.
<br />We thank the following retirees for their
<br />outstanding service to the children of Mashpee: Jo -Ann
<br />Bellone (21 years), Jackie Capute (17. 5 years), Linda
<br />Catalina (22 years), Ann Colantuono (15 Years), Lon
<br />Dexter (19 Years), Susan Glidden (22 years), Diana
<br />Littleton (20 years), Greta McCue (13 Years), Neil
<br />O'Donnell (18.5 years), Maureen Paxton (18 years),
<br />Diane Quayat (21 Years), Deborah Vaughn (15 years),
<br />and Elizabeth Wunder (13 Years).
<br />A group of twenty-five Mashpee Public Schools
<br />stakeholders (district leaders, school leaders, teachers,
<br />MMHS students, parents, a representative of the
<br />Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and representatives from
<br />the community/local businesses) spent time together
<br />over four full days learning about and debating what
<br />skills, knowledge, and dispositions a Mashpee graduate
<br />should possess. From this work and through a follow-
<br />up vetting process, we developed Mashpee's Portrait
<br />of a Graduate which includes five competencies:
<br />Purposeful Communicator and Collaborator, Engaged
<br />Citizen, Resilient Me, Empowered Knowledge Seeker,
<br />and Critical Thinker and Problem Solver. Our Portrait
<br />will inform our PreK-12 instruction and will play a key
<br />role as we move forward to develop the District's next
<br />strategic plan during the 2019 - 2020 school year.
<br />We continue to nurture a positive and productive
<br />partnership with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe,
<br />which includes an annual combined Mashpee School
<br />Committee and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council
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