Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4906
Telephone: (781) 338-3700
TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370
May 10, 2011
Christine M. Stanton, Superintendent
Swansea Public School District
1 Gardners Neck Road
Swansea, MA 02777
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Superintendent Stanton:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report based on the
onsite visit conducted in your district in April 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: interviews, review of student records, examination of documentation, and
classroom observation(s).
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.
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 Coretta McCarter at 781-3383733.
Sincerely,
Coretta McCarter, 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
Vani Rastogi-Kelly, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Eric Graham, School Committee Chairperson
John Robidoux, Local Program Review Coordinator
Enc:
Mid-cycle Report
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
Swansea Public School District
Date of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: April 4, 2011
Date of this Report: May 10, 2011
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

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
SE 7
Transfer of
parental
rights at age
of majority
and student
participation
and consent
at the age of
Student
Records

Interviews
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
One year prior to the student
reaching age 18 the district informs
the student and the parent/guardian
of the rights that will transfer from
the parent/guardian to the student
upon the student’s 18th birthday.
Upon reaching the age of 18, the
district implements procedures to
Swansea Public School District Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
May 10, 2011
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
majority
SE 52A
Registration
of
educational
interpreters

Document
Review
Interviews
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
obtain consent from the student to
continue the student’s special
education program.
The district does not have any
students enrolled at this time who
require the services of an
educational interpreter for the deaf
and hard of hearing. The district
has procedures in place that
indicate that an employee acting in
this capacity would be registered
with the Massachusetts
Commission for the Deaf and Hard
of Hearing, as required.
Swansea Public School District Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
May 10, 2011
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 2
Required
and
optional
assessments
SE 4
Reports of
assessment
results
SE 55
Special
education
facilities
and
classrooms
Criterion
Implemented


Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Student
Records
At the elementary level, the
district consistently completes all
of the assessments in the area of
the suspected disability, as well as
all of the assessments consented-to
by the parent.
Reports of assessment results
include diagnostic impressions and
define the student’s needs in detail
and in educationally relevant and
common terms, offering explicit
means of meeting those needs.
Reports of assessment results
identify the instruments and
procedures utilized by the
assessor.
The speech and language services
delivered at Swansea Middle
School are now provided on the
second floor in a private office that
has its own entrance and provides
for confidentiality. The
Interview

Student
Records
Observation

If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for Implementation
Swansea Public School District Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
May 10, 2011
Page 3 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
adjustment counselor’s room in
the alternative program at the high
school has been remodeled and
now provides for student
confidentiality.
Swansea Public School District Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
May 10, 2011
Page 4 of 4
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements