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Ashland committee holds first reads on new DESE‑required policies as district prepares for state review
Summary
Superintendent Jim told the Ashland School Committee that DESE has required districts to submit graduation, competency‑determination and eighth‑grade pathway materials and the committee held first reads of all three policies.
Superintendent Jim told the School Committee on Wednesday that new Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requirements are producing a short, heavy workload for districts: school committees must submit a graduation policy, a competency‑determination policy and — in some form — a policy documenting eighth‑grade technical‑school pathway procedures.
Jim (Superintendent) said the district must submit the competency determination and graduation policies to DESE by Dec. 31, and that the pathway/technical‑school materials are due Nov. 1. He said the district will provide a…
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