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
March 25, 2010
Ms. Krista Piazza, Superintendent
Seven Hills Charter Public School
51 Gage Street
Worcester, MA 01605
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Ms. Piazza:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report based on the
Mid-cycle Review conducted in your district in March 2010. In this 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 SY unless the Department determines that there is some reason to schedule this visit
earlier.
Sincerely,
Nathan Lemmon, 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
Elizabeth Ahern, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Carlton Watson, Board of Trustees Chairperson
Sherry Trainque, Local Program Review Coordinator
Encs:
Mid-cycle Report
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
Seven Hills Charter Public School
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: March 8, 2010
Date of this Report: March 25, 2010
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
SE 3
Special
requirements
for the
determination
of specific
learning
disability
Criterion
Implemented

Implemented
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Student
Record
Review and
Staff Interview
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
A review of the student records
and a staff interview indicated that
the district is appropriately
evaluating students suspected of
having a specific learning
disability. The charter school is
using all of the current SLD forms.
Written documentation was
evident in the student records,
including signed statements of
Seven Hills Charter Public School Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
March 25, 2010
Page 1 of 4
(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
agreement of all IEP Team
members. The charter school
meets all regulatory requirements
for this criterion.
SE 52A
Registration
of
educational
interpreters
Implemented
Documentation
and Staff
Interview
A review of the charter school’s
documentation and an interview
indicated that the district does not
have any deaf or hard of hearing
students who make use of
interpreters at this time. School
personnel are aware of the
requirements and the charter
school indicated that it will
collaborate with area service
providers to ensure interpreters are
registered with the Massachusetts
Commission for the Deaf as
required.
Seven Hills Charter Public School Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
March 25, 2010
Page 2 of 4
(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
Reports of
Assessment
Results
SE 32
Parent
Advisory
Council
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Implemented
Student
Record
Review and
Staff Interview
A review of student records and
interviews indicated that the
charter school ensures that
assessment reports include not
only a diagnostic impression of
student needs but an explicit
means for meeting those needs in
each report and placement
recommendation when
appropriate. The charter school
meets all regulatory requirements
for this criterion
Implemented
Documentation
and Staff
Interview
Documentation and interviews
indicated that the charter school
has established a Parent Advisory
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action and
Timelines for Implementation
Seven Hills Charter Public School Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
March 25, 2010
Page 3 of 4
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Criterion
for
Special
Education
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
Council (PAC). Parents are
involved in all aspects of the
charter school’s special education
programming. Additionally the
charter school has provided
annual workshops on the rights of
students and their parents under
state and federal law. The charter
school officials meet regularly
with the PAC members. The
charter school meets all
requirements of this criterion.
Seven Hills Charter Public School Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
March 25, 2010
Page 4 of 4
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements