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Superintendent: Ballot change won’t end testing; PowerSchool breach prompts district outreach; special‑education monitoring underway

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Superintendent Martin gave several updates affecting district policy and communications: the aftermath of a statewide ballot question on MCAS, a recent data breach of PowerSchool that affected the district’s student information system, a DESE monitoring review of special‑education programming, and plans to form a family and community advisory panel.

Superintendent Martin gave several updates affecting district policy and communications: the aftermath of a statewide ballot question on MCAS, a recent data breach of PowerSchool that affected the district’s student information system, a Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) monitoring review of special‑education programming, and plans to form a family and community advisory panel.

MCAS and graduation competency Martin said that voters approved Ballot Question 2 on Nov. 5, which removes the high‑school MCAS test as the state’s high‑school competency determination. She…

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