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
October 11, 2012
Greg Canfield, Executive Director
Justice Resource Institute
The Meadowridge Schools
160 Gould Street Suite 300
Needham, MA 02494
Re:
Mid-cycle Review and Verification of previous Program Review Corrective Action Plan
Dear Mr. Canfield:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (“Department”) Midcycle Report based upon the Mid-cycle review conducted in your private school program in
September 2012. This Mid-cycle Review Report contains the Department's findings regarding
the implementation status and effectiveness of corrective steps taken in response to your
previous Program Review Report issued on July 2, 2010. This report also includes a report on
the status of implementation for new state or federal special education requirements enacted
since your program’s last Program Review.
While the Department found certain noncompliance issues to be resolved, others were partially
corrected, not addressed at all and/or new issues were identified by the Department’s onsite
team. Therefore, the Department is issuing a “Provisional Approval” status effective from the
date of this letter and indicated on your approval certificate. Your “Provisional Approval” will
expire on December 21, 2012. The reasons for the “Provisional Approval” are clearly indicated
on the attached Mid-cycle Review Report.
As the Department previously informed you, in cases where a program fails to fully and
effectively implement a Corrective Action Plan which was proposed by your program and
approved by the Department, the Department must then prepare a Corrective Action Plan for the
program which must be implemented without further delay. You will find these requirements for
corrective action and further progress reporting included in the attached report, together with any
steps that must be taken by the program to fully implement new special education requirements.
Please provide the Department with your written assurance that the Department's requirements
for corrective action will be implemented by your program within the timelines specified. Your
statement of assurance must be submitted to the Department's Onsite Chairperson by
October 23, 2012.
Please be advised that the attached Department Approval Certificate must be
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conspicuously posted in a public place within the program as required by 603 CMR 28.09.
Your staff's cooperation throughout these follow-up monitoring activities is appreciated. Should
you require additional clarification of information included in our report, please do not hesitate
to contact the Onsite Team Chairperson at 781-338-3719.
Sincerely,
Amy B. Krukonis, Mid-cycle Review Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
c:
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D., Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Andrew Pond, Chairperson, Board of Directors
Sean Rose, Glenhaven Academy, Local Program Review Coordinator
Andre Solomita, Pelham Academy, Local Program Review Coordinator
Elizabeth Carrigan, Walden Street School, Local Program Review Coordinator
Maribeth Balzano August, Swansea Woods School, Local Program Review Coordinator
Heather Lee, Meadowridge Academy, Local Program Review Coordinator
Encl.: Mid-cycle Review Report
Provisional Private School Approval Certificate, Expiration Date: December 21, 2012
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOL MID-CYCLE REVIEW
Justice Resource Institute
The Meadowridge Schools
Glenhaven Academy, 56 Framingham Road, Marlboro, MA 01752
Meadowridge Academy, 664 Stevens Road, Swansea, MA 02777
Pelham Academy, 13 Pelham Road, Lexington, MA 02421
Swansea Wood School, 789 Stevens Road, Swansea, MA 02777
Walden Street School, 148 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742
MID-CYCLE REVIEW REPORT
Mid-cycle Onsite Visit Conducted on September 24-25, 2012
Date of this Report: October 11, 2012
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October 11, 2012
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Criterion
Number
and
Topic
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented
Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance

Selected Approved Private School Program Mid-cycle Review Criteria
2.2 Approvals,
Licenses,
Certificates of
Inspection
18.04(1);
28.09(2)(b)(5);
28.09(5) (b);
28.09(6) (b, c)

Documentation
The Meadowridge Schools
have current licenses,
approvals and certificates of
inspection by state and local
agencies as required.
2.3 EEC
Licensure
102 CMR 3.00
(Residential
Programs
only)

Documentation
The Meadowridge Schools
have current, full licenses from
the Department of Early
Education and Care as
required.
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Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting
Criterion
Number
and
Topic
6.1 Daily
Instructional
Hours
603 CMR
27.04
&
6.4 School
Days Per Year
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented


Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance

Documentation
The Meadowridge Schools
submitted documentation that
ensures each student receives
the minimum instructional
hours for 12 month programs
and operates the minimum
number of days for 12 month
programs as required.
Documentation
Student Record
Review
Interviews
The Meadowridge Schools
have current IEP’s for each
enrolled Massachusetts student
that have been issued by the
responsible public school
district and consented to and
dated by the student’s
603 CMR
27.05(2);
28.09(9)(a)
8.5 Current
IEP & Student
Roster
28.09(5)(a)

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Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting
Criterion
Number
and
Topic
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented
Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance

parent(s). For each unsigned
IEP, The Meadowridge
Schools have
evidence/documentation of
efforts and/or steps taken with
the public school district to
obtain signed IEP’s as
required.
11.3
Educational
Administrator
Qualifications
28.09(5)(a);
28.09(7)(a);
603 CMR
44.00

Documentation
Interviews
The Meadowridge Schools
have designated an Education
Administrator at each of the
five program sites who possess
the appropriate qualifications
to serve in this position.
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Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting
Criterion
Number
and
Topic
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented
Method(s) of
Verification

11.4 Teachers
(Special
Education
Teachers and
Regular
Education
Teachers)
18.05(11)(f);
28.09(5)(a);
28.09(7)(b, c);
34 CFR
300.321
Documentation
Interviews
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified


Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting
While 4 of the 5
Meadowridge School
sites have teachers who
are appropriately
licensed or on approved
waivers in grade and
subject areas as
required which are
appropriate to meet the
needs of the student
population, Glenhaven
Academy has 3 out of 5
teachers who are not
licensed or on approved
waivers as required.
By November 20, 2012
Glenhaven Academy must
submit the following:
 Current teaching staff
roster that includes all
UFR 115’s special
education teachers and
UFR 116’s regular
education teachers in the
program that contains the
following information:
o UFR#;
o Name;
o Position title within
the program;
o Grade level(s) taught;
o Subject(s) taught;
o Massachusetts
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Criterion
Number
and
Topic
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented

Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting

teaching license title,
type, grade level,
number and
expiration date;
o Copy of license or
most current ELAR
activity sheet; and
 In instances where
teachers do not hold
Massachusetts licensure
for the area in which
they are employed, a
copy of a current
certification waiver is
provided or ELAR
activity sheet.
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Criterion
Number
and
Topic
11.5 Related
Services Staff
28.09(7)(d)
11.6 Master
Staff Roster
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented


Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation
Documentation
Interviews
The Meadowridge Schools
have appropriately certified,
licensed or registered related
services staff as required.
The Meadowridge School sites
each maintain a Master Staff
Roster which includes all staff
positions within the program
and that corresponds to the last
approved Program Budget.
The Meadowridge Schools
submitted copies of student
handbooks distributed to
students and documented
students’ receipt of a copy of
the school program’s antihazing disciplinary policy
approved by the program’s
Board of Director’s for every
secondary age student enrolled
M.G.L. c. 269,
§§ 17 through
19
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting


Documentation
Interviews

Documentation
Student Record
Review
Interviews
28.09(7)
19 Anti-Hazing
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
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.
Criterion
Number
and
Topic
Implementation
Status of
Requirements
or
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be
Substantially
Implemented
Method(s) of
Verification
Comments Regarding
Corrective Action Plan
Implementation

20 Bullying
Prevention and
Intervention
M.G.L. c. 71, s.
37H, as
amended by
Chapter 92 of
the Acts of
2010. M.G.L.
c. 71, s.
37O(e)(1) &
(2). M.G.L. c.
71, s. 370(d).

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented
or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance

Documentation
Interviews
full-time, and every student
group, and/or student team as
required.
The Meadowridge Schools
submitted a description of how
each program amended their
student admissions
materials/handbook to contain
an age-appropriate summary
of their Bullying Prevention
and Intervention Plan; a
description of how it was
distributed; and a description
of the professional
development plan developed
by the program for all staff.
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Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and
Further Progress
Reporting
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Justice Resource Institute
The Meadowridge Schools
A PRIVATE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM OPERATED PURSUANT TO
603 CMR 18.00 AND 28.09
Glenhaven Academy, 56 Framingham Road, Marlboro, MA 01752
Meadowridge Academy, 664 Stevens Road, Swansea, MA 02777
Pelham Academy, 13 Pelham Road, Lexington, MA 02421
Swansea Wood School, 789 Stevens Road, Swansea, MA 02777
Walden Street School, 148 Walden Street, Concord, MA 01742
Program Rate Based on: 119 Students
Approved Enrollment: 119 Students
Day Program
Summer Program
Residential Program
10 month program
11 month program
12 month program
APPROVED STUDENT:LICENSED EDUCATOR RATIO: 6:1
APPROVED STUDENT:LICENSED EDUCATOR:AIDE RATIO: 10:1:1
APPROVAL STATUS
PROVISIONAL APPROVAL
Expires on: December 21, 2012
The current approval is a result of a Mid-cycle Review conducted in the 2012-2013 school year
and the next review is scheduled for the 2015-2016 school year.
AMY B. KRUKONIS, EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST, PROGRAM QUALITY ASSURANCE
SERVICES
NINA M. MARCHESE, SUPERVISOR, PROGRAM QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES
DARLENE A. LYNCH, DIRECTOR, PROGRAM QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES
DATE
ISSUED:
10/11/2012