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
February 27, 2009
Darrell Lockwood, Superintendent
Tyngsborough Public Schools
50 Norris Road
Tyngsborough, MA 01075
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Superintendent Lockwood:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report based on the Midcycle Review conducted in your district on January 12, 2009. 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 staff interviews, review of student records, examination of
documentation, and/or classroom observation.
The Department found one or more of the criteria monitored in your district to be “Partially Implemented”
or “Not Implemented.” In all instances where noncompliance has been found, the Department has
prescribed corrective action for the district that must be implemented without delay. This corrective action
must be implemented as soon as possible, but in no case later than a year from the date of this report. You
will find these requirements for corrective action included in the enclosed report, along with requirements
for submitting progress reports using the enclosed form.
Please provide the Department with your written assurance that all of the required corrective action will be
implemented by your district within the timelines specified in the report. You must submit your statement
of assurance to Darlene Lynch, Director, Program Quality Assurance Services, by March 16, 2009.
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 Paul J. Aguiar at 781-338-3781.
Sincerely,
Paul J. Aguiar, 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
David W. Keeler, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Jeffrey Hunt, School Committee Chairperson
Kim Oliveira, Local Program Review Coordinator
Encls: Mid-cycle Report
Mid-cycle Progress Report form
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
TYNGSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: January 12, 2009
Date of this Report: February 27, 2009
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS.
Core Special Education Criteria Cited in CPR Report and Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review
(These criteria are marked with a triple asterisk (***) in the Mid-cycle Review Information Package and in the School
District Information Package for Special Education.)
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 32
Parent
advisory
council for
special
education
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
PI
Interviews
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Interviews with administration
and parents revealed that
members of the PAC are not
currently involved in the
planning, development and
evaluation of the district’s
special education programs.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
Submit, by April 30, 2009, a
plan, that is signed by both the
district and the existing PAC
Chair, to involve the Special
Education PAC in the planning,
development and evaluation of
the district’s special education
Tyngsborough Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
February 27, 2009
Page 1
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
April 30,
2009
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
programs.
***SE 52A
Registration
of
educational
interpreters

Interviews,
Documentation
***SE 55
Special
education
facilities and
classrooms

Interviews,
On-Site
Verification
Interviews and documentation
indicates that the district does
not have any deaf or hard of
hearing students that require
Sign Language Interpreters.
The district has made contact
with the Massachusetts
Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing to provide
possible interpreters for any
students or parents that need it.
Site observations and
interviews indicate that
previously inappropriate
locations of spaces for the
delivery of special education
services have been remedied.
Tyngsborough Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
February 27, 2009
Page 2
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REVIEW
School District: TYNGSBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
M I D – CY C L E P R O G R E S S R E P O R T
Date Prepared: ____________________________________
Prepared by: __________________________________________________________________
(name and title)
Criterion: _______________________
Topic: ________________________________________________________________________
For each criterion for which you prepare a progress report, please



make a copy of this cover page,
fill in the information requested above, and
attach a complete description of the corrective action taken and any accompanying documentation.
(Description of corrective action for each criterion and any accompanying documentation should include all of the
“Progress Report Required Elements” for that criterion in the Mid-cycle Report.)
Send the whole set of completed progress reports to:
Darlene Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148-5023
Rev. 6/30/08
Mid-cycle Report & Cover Letter with Mid-cycle PR Form 2009