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
April 29, 2010
Jeffrey Marsden, Superintendent
Wrentham Public Schools
120 Taunton Street
Wrentham, MA 02093
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Superintendent Marsden:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report
based on the Mid-cycle Review conducted in your district in April 2010. In this Midcycle 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 2012-2013 school year unless the
Department determines that there is some reason to schedule this visit earlier.
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You 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
Thomas Taylor at 781-338-3726.
Sincerely,
Thomas Taylor, Mid-cycle Review Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene A. Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
cc:
Encs:
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D., Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Dean Paolillo, Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Kimberly Carr, School Committee Chairperson
Karen McNamara, Local Program Review Coordinator
Mid-Cycle Report
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
Wrentham Public Schools
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: April 16, 2010
Date of this Report: April 29, 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
Criterion
Implemented

Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination
about Criterion

Student Record
Review
&
Documentation
The Wrentham Public Schools
(WPS) provided staff training on
procedures for determining
specific learning disabilities. The
student records included a written
determination signed by all IEP
Team members.

Student Record
Review
The district provided a staff
training on classroom and MCAS
Special requirements
for the determination
of specific learning
disability
SE 5
Participation in State
Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Wrentham Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
April 29, 2010
Page 1 of 4
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
&
Interview
and district-wide
Assessment programs
SE 18B
Determination of
placement;
provision of IEP to
the parent

Student Record
Review,
Documentation
&
Interview
SE 24
Notice to parents
regarding proposal
or refusal to initiate
or change the
identification,
evaluation, or
educational

Student Record
Review
Basis of Determination
about Criterion
accommodations. All classroom
teachers are provided an
Individual Education Program
(IEP) checklist. Also, there was
a Parent Advisory Council
training on this topic. Student
records verified the participation
of students with disabilities in
mandatory testing and the nature
of the accommodations provided
to students.
The district provided staff
training on the determination of
placement. Records reviewed
verified parental consent of
placement forms for all IEPs.
WPS uses an IEP checklist to
monitor that the determination of
placement is completed by the
IEP Team.
Student record review indicated
that key questions on the notices
are specifically addressed by
school staff. Notices were
contained in the student records.
Wrentham Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
April 29, 2010
Page 2 of 4
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
placement of the
student; provision
of FAPE
SE 37
Procedures for
approved and
unapproved out-ofdistrict placements
SE 52A
Registration of
educational
interpreters

Student Record
Review
&
Interview
Out-of-district student record
review indicated that student
records contained monitoring
plans. The Special Education
Administrator acts as the Out-ofDistrict Coordinator and stated
that she is in attendance at all IEP
Team meetings.

Documentation,
Record Review
&
Interview
The district does not have any
deaf or hard of hearing students
within a district program at this
time (the record review noted it
does have such students placed in
approved out- of -district
programs). However, the district
has procedures to ensure the
provision of registered
educational interpreters.
Wrentham Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
April 29, 2010
Page 3 of 4
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Criterion
SE 55
Special education
facilities/classrooms
Criterion
Implemented


Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Observation
&
Interview
Basis of Determination
about Criterion
The district provided a tour of the
Delaney School and other special
education classrooms complex.
The onsite team determined that
the location of classrooms allow
special education students to be
fully integrated into the life of the
school. All classrooms were
located among regular education
classrooms.
Wrentham Public Schools Coordinated Program Review Mid-cycle Report
April 29, 2010
Page 4 of 4
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for
Implementation
(b)
Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements