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Washington Oak preschool earns BrightStars five‑star rating; district notes state rule changes
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Coventry Public Schools staff told the school committee that Washington Oak’s integrated preschool and state pre‑K program received a five‑star BrightStars rating during an unannounced ECCRRS visit; the district said new state rules will raise future BrightStars expectations.
Washington Oak’s preschool program received a five‑star rating from Rhode Island’s BrightStars early‑childhood quality system, the Coventry School Committee heard on Dec. 12.
Assistant special education director Allison Roby and preschool staff told the committee that BrightStars uses an on‑site evaluation tool (ECCRRS) with multiple subscales and unannounced visits. Sarah Bogdan described the rating as rigorous: "a 5 stars is the, highest rating that you can get from Bright Stars," and said the evaluators stayed for the program’s full classroom period to…
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