Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
Global Learning
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4096
Telephone: (781) 338-3700
TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370
June 21, 2012
Stephen Furtado, Charter School Leader
Global Learning Charter School
190 Ashley Boulevard
New Bedford, MA 02746
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Mr. Furtado:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report based
on the onsite visit conducted in your district in April 2012. 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 2014 – 2015 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 Doryce Smith at 781338-3718.
Sincerely,
Doryce Smith, Mid-cycle Review Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene A. Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
cc:
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D., Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Dean Paolillo, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Tom Davis, Charter School Board of Trustees Chairperson, Global Learning Charter
School
Al Alfonzo, Local Program Review Coordinator Global Learning Charter School
Encs: Mid-cycle Report
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
Global Learning Charter Public School
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: April 24, 2012
Date of this Report: June 21, 2012
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS.
Required 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 7
Transfer of
parental rights
and student
participation
and consent at
age of
majority
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Student
Record
Review
Interview
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
The student record review
determined that the charter school
follows appropriate procedures
when the student, upon reaching
the age of majority, chooses to
delegate or share educational
decision-making.
One year prior to the student
reaching age 18, the charter school
informs the student and the
parent/guardian of the rights that
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(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
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
will transfer from the
parent/guardian to the student upon
the student’s 18th birthday. The
notification provided to both the
student and the parent/guardian
states that all rights accorded to
parents under special education law
will transfer to the 18 year old
student.

Student
Record
Review
Interview
The student record review
determined that members of the
IEP Team attend IEP Team
meetings unless:

SE 8
IEP Team
composition
and attendance

The district and parent
agree, in writing, that the
attendance of the IEP
Team member is not
necessary because the
member’s area of the
curriculum or related
service is not being
modified or discussed; or
The district and parent
agree, in writing, to excuse
a required IEP Team
member’s participation and
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(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
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
the excused member
provides written input to
the development of the IEP
to the parent and IEP Team
prior to the meeting.

Student
Record
Review
Interview
SE 18A
IEP
development
and content
The student record review
indicated that IEP Teams consider
and address the skills and
proficiencies needed to avoid and
respond to bullying, harassment, or
teasing for students identified with
a disability that affects social skills
development or when the student’s
disability makes him or her
vulnerable to bullying, harassment
or teasing, as well as for students
identified with a disability on the
autism spectrum.
Information regarding bullying,
teasing, or harassment is
documented in the IEP.
SE 25
Parental
consent

Student
Record
Review
A review of student records and
staff interviews demonstrated that
the charter school has procedures to
address when a parent revokes
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(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
Staff
Interviews
consent to special education
services in writing. Only one parent
had revoked consent for services at
the time of the Department’s
review.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
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
SE 4
Report of
assessment
results
Criterion
Implemented


Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Student
Record
Review
Reports of assessment results include
summaries and diagnostic
impressions, and define in detail and
in educationally relevant and
common terms, the student’s needs,
If Partially Implemented
or Not Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and Timelines for
Implementation
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(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
If Partially Implemented
or Not Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and Timelines for
Implementation
offering explicit means of meeting
those needs.
SE 24

Notice to parent
SE 32
Parent advisory
council for
special education
SE 33
Involvement in
Student
Record
Review
The district meets the content
requirements for the written Notice
of Proposed School District Action
(N1) as all questions of the N1 form
are consistently addressed.
Document
Review
A review of documentation and
interviews indicated that the Global
Learning Charter School has
established a school wide Special
Education Parent Advisory Council
(SEPAC), which is open to all
parents and other interested parties.
The SEPAC meets regularly with
school officials to participate in the
planning, development and
evaluation of special education
programs.
Interviews

Student
Record
The district is consistently
documenting the student’s
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

general
curriculum
SE 53

Use of
paraprofessionals
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Review
participation in the general
curriculum in the Present Levels of
Educational Performance (PLEP B)
section of the IEP.
Document
Review
A review of documents and an
interview indicated that
paraprofessionals are supervised by
an appropriately licensed
professional who is proximate and
readily available to provide such
supervision.
Interview
SE 55
Special
education
facilities and
classrooms

Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Observation
Interview
If Partially Implemented
or Not Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and Timelines for
Implementation
An observation and interview
indicated that the space used for
special education services is located
in an area that maximizes the
inclusion of such students into the
life of the school, as it is located on
the second floor next to the 8th grade
regular education classrooms.
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements