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Officials say MSBA-approved education plan ‘wowed’ reviewers and underpinned new high school vote
Summary
School and town speakers credited a multi-year effort and a 60-page educational vision — praised by the state and MSBA — for helping secure voter approval for the new North Attleboro High School.
School and town leaders described a years-long effort to craft an educational vision that persuaded the Massachusetts School Building Authority and voters. An on-air official credited school staff and curriculum leaders, saying the project became real once "the MSBA approved us a couple of years ago." (Agency official, speaker 2.)
Those involved said they built the plan with teachers and community forums and documented it in a long-form education plan. "We wrote 60 pages of a vision for the future of North Attleboro," an agency official (speaker 5) said. Later in the segment, another speaker characterized the educational vision as a state model: "We created an educational vision plan that was lauded by the state as the model for the entire Commonwealth."
Speakers credited Principal Haviland and assistant superintendent Michelle McEwen by name for their roles in assembling curriculum leaders and the education plan. The transcript does not include the text of the MSBA report or detailed programmatic elements of the education plan; those documents should be consulted for specifics on curriculum changes, classroom sizing or program funding.
