Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4096
Telephone: (781) 338-3700
TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370
July 19, 2011
Joanne D. Austin, Superintendent
Farmington River Regional School District
555 North Main Road
P.O. Box 679
Otis, MA 01253
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Superintendent Austin,
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report
based on the onsite visit conducted in your district in May 3, 2011. During the Mid-cycle
Review the Department monitored selected special education criteria to determine your
district’s compliance with special education laws and regulations. The review consisted
of information gathered from one or more of the following activities: staff interviews,
review of student records, examination of documentation, and/or classroom observation.
We are pleased to tell you that the Department has found your district to be in compliance
with all of the criteria monitored in your district during the Mid-cycle Review. The
findings of the Department are included in the enclosed report. You and your entire staff
are to be congratulated for your success in implementing the requirements included in
these criteria.
The Department will notify you of your district's next regularly scheduled Coordinated
Program Review (CPR) several months before it is to occur. At this time we anticipate
that this CPR will occur sometime during the 2013-2014 school year unless the
Department determines that there is some reason to schedule this visit earlier.
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Your staff's cooperation throughout this Mid-cycle Review is appreciated. If you have
questions about this letter or the enclosed report, please do not hesitate to contact Lynn
A. Summerill at 413-858-4591 ext.1.
Sincerely,
Lynn A. Summerill, Mid-cycle Review Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene A. Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
c:
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D., Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary
Education
D. Beth Lopez, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Christine Triantos, School Committee Chair
Michael Saporito, Director of Student Services
Encs: Mid-cycle Report
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
Farmington River RSD
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: May 3, 2011
Date of this Report: July 19, 2011
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS.
Required Special Education Criteria Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review
Current special education criteria is available at http://www.doe.mass.edu/pqa/review/cpr/default.html
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

SE 7
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Not
Applicable
Student Records
The district serves students in
grades K-6, as a result, the
transfer of rights requirement is
not applicable to the records
that were reviewed.

Interview
The district does not employ
educational interpreters at this
time as the district does not
Transfer of parent
rights at the age of
majority
SE 52A
Registration of
Document
Farmington River RSD
Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
July 19, 2011
Page 1 of 3
If Partially Implemented or
Not Implemented:
(a) Required
Corrective Action
and
Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
educational
interpreters
Method(s) of
Investigation
Review
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or
Not Implemented:
(a) Required
Corrective Action
and
Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
have any hearing impaired
students currently enrolled. If
the district enrolls a child in
need of these services it will
contract with an educational
interpreter registered through
the MA Commission for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Additional Special Education Criteria Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review
Current special education criteria available by scrolling down to the special education instrument at http://www.doe.mass.edu/pqa/review/cpr/default.html
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

SE 24

Notice to parent
regarding proposal or
refusal to initiate or
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Student Records
The district consistently uses the
required Notice of Proposed
School District Action (N1). N1
notices are comprehensive and
contain all required information.
Farmington River RSD
Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
July 19, 2011
Page 2 of 3
If Partially Implemented or
Not Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report
Due
Date(s)
and
Required
Elements
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Document
Review
The district has held annual
parent rights workshops during
the 2009, 2010, and 2011 school
years evidencing full
compliance with this criterion.
change the
identification,
evaluation, or
educational placement
of the child or the
provision of FAPE
SE 32

Parent advisory
council for special
education
SE 51
Appropriate special
education teacher
licensure
Interview

Document
Review
All special education teachers
are appropriately licensed.
Farmington River RSD
Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
July 19, 2011
Page 3 of 3
If Partially Implemented or
Not Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report
Due
Date(s)
and
Required
Elements