The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Education
350 Main Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-5023
Telephone: (781) 338-3700
TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370
October 10, 2006
Gregg Williams
Riverside School
Northeast Family Institute, Inc.
34 Berry Road
Lowell, MA 01854
Re:
Onsite Follow-up Monitoring Report: Program Review Corrective Action Plan
Verification and Mid-cycle Review
Dear Gregg:
Enclosed is the Department's Program Review Follow-up Monitoring Report together with
findings regarding your private school’s Mid-Cycle Program Review. This report contains the
Department's findings based on the onsite activities conducted in your school on August 16 and
17, 2006. This report includes a report on the status of implementation for new state or federal
special education requirements enacted since your school’s initial approval.
The Department’s onsite team found certain noncompliance or partial compliance issues.
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
February 15, 2007. The reasons for the “Provisional Approval” are clearly indicated on the
attached Corrective Action Plan Implementation Checklist.
In cases where a private school is not in full compliance with all criteria during a mid-cycle
review, the Department must prepare a Corrective Action Plan for the school, which must be
implemented without delay. You will find these requirements for corrective action and progress
reporting included in the attached report together with any steps that must be taken by the school
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 private school within the timelines specified. Your statement of assurance
must be submitted to the Department's Onsite Chairperson by October 27, 2006.
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 781-338-3701.
Sincerely,
Diane L. Chadwell, Program Review Follow-up Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
c:
David P. Driscoll, Commissioner of Education
Margaret Zusky, Chairperson, Board of Directors
Encl.: Follow-up Monitoring Report
Provisional Private School Approval Certificate, Expiration Date: February 15, 2007
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PRIVATE SCHOOL MID-CYCLE PROGRAM REVIEW
Northeast Family Institute, Riverside School
ONSITE VERIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
AND/OR IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL FINDINGS REQUIRING CORRECTIVE ACTION
Onsite Visit Conducted on August 16 and 17, 2006
Date of this Report October 10, 2006
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

1.3
This criterion
has been
replaced by
7.1 below.
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

See 7.1 below.
Program’s
Curriculum
28.09(9)
Riverside School, Northeast Family Institute, Inc., Program Review Mid-cycle Report
October 10, 2006
Page 1 of 24
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

2.2
Approvals,
Licenses,
Certificates of
Inspection


Documentation
Riverside School maintains all
current licenses, approvals and
certificates of inspection by state
and local agencies.

Documentation
Riverside School has a current,
full license from Early
Education and Care.
28.09 (2)(b)4-5
28.09(5)
28.09(6)
18.04(1)
102 CMR 3.06
(4)(b)
2.3
EEC Licensure
(Not
Applicable to
Day Schools)
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 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

3.2
Health Care
Manual


Documentation
Riverside School maintains a
written and current health care
policies and procedures manual
containing all required healthrelated policies and procedures
as described in 603 CMR 28.00
and 603 CMR 18.00. A
licensed physician approves this
manual.

Documentation
Riverside School has written
procedures for notifying the
Department of substantial
changes within the program.
18.05 (9)(d)
4.4
Advanced
Notice of
Program/
Facility
Change
28.09(5)(c)
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 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

4.5
Immediate
Notification
18.03(10)
18.05(7)
28.09(12)

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Interviews
Student Records
Riverside School provides
immediate notification to the
parent, the public school district
special education administrator,
any State Agency involved in
the student care or placement
and the Department of
Education for all required
serious incidents. As the
program maintains copies of the
incident reports in student
records, the program will also
maintain copies of Form 2s
submitted to the Department in
the student records.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

5.2
Policies and
Procedures for
Coordination/
Collaboration
with Public
School
Districts
&
Content
requirements
policies/procedures for
Coordination/
Collaboration
with Public
School
Districts
28.06(2-3)
28.09(9)(c)&(d
)28.09(2)(b)7
Federal
Regulations:
300.349 and
300.400-.401

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Riverside Schools has policies
and procedures covering all
required areas of coordination
and collaboration with public
schools to ensure that to the
maximum extent appropriate,
children with disabilities are
educated with children who do
not have disabilities and are
given opportunities to return to a
less restrictive educational
program.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

6.1
Daily
Instructional
Hours


Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School provides an
average annual minimum of five
and a half hours per school day
for secondary age students and 5
hours per school day for
elementary age students.

Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School indicated that
students in its program do not
participate in school- to- work
activities. Time spent by
students in the Culinary Arts
program in the program are
verified by the Culinary Arts
Coordinator.
603 C.M.R.
27.00
6.2
School-towork
(Instructional
hours)
603 CMR
27.02, 27.04
6.3
Kindergarten
(Instructional
hours)
603 CMR
27.03(5)
Not applicable
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 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

6.4
School Days
per Year


Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School is approved as
an eleven- month school
program and is in session 212
school days while the
requirement is for 198 school
days.
Not applicable
Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School’s student
population is younger than grade
12.
28.09(9)
6.5
Early Release
of High School
Seniors
603 CMR
27.05
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 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

7.1
Curriculum
Frameworks
28.09(9)(d)

Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and Further
Progress Reporting

Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School’s curriculum
includes the content areas
specified in the Massachusetts
Curriculum Frameworks. The
program provides students with
essential learning opportunities
that prepare the students to reach
the state graduation standards.
Documentation
Interviews
Student Records
Riverside School has written
procedures that outline how
students will participate in state
and/or district wide assessments
that includes how Riverside
School will provide for MCAS
testing accommodations and/or
the administration of alternate
assessments as determined by
each student’s Team.
28.09(9)(b)
7.3
State/District
Wide
Assessments
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

The program should
develop a description of
the process and/or
documentation that
clearly demonstrates the
steps the program has
taken to provide students
with essential learning
opportunities that prepare
the students to reach the
state graduation
standards.
Submit to the Department by
December 18, 2006, the
required description.
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

8.4
Program
Modifications
and Support
Services for
Limited
English
Proficient
Students


Documentation
Interviews
Riverside school submitted a
copy of its policy and
procedures indicating that they
will work with the public school
to implement necessary program
modifications and support
services to serve limited English
proficient students who need
language assistance.

Documentation
Student Records
Riverside School has policies
and procedures to ensure that the
program contacts and
coordinates with the public
school district and parents
whenever the IEP needs to be
revised to reflect a change in
goals, placement, or a return to a
less restrictive setting.
Title VI: 42
U.S.C. 2000d
8.9
IEP- Revisions
& Changes
34 CFR 300
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 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

10.1
Student/Teacher Ratios


Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School ensures that
instructional groupings do not
exceed 6 students to 1 certified
teacher with an aide.

Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School’s childcare
ratios are 4 to 1 on nonschool
days and 6 or 8 to 1 during sleep
hours.

Documentation
Riverside School has written
personnel policies and
procedures that meet the
requirements of 603 CMR
28.09(7), 603 CMR
28.09(11)(a) and 603 CMR
18.05(11).
28.06(6)(d)&(
g)
28.09(7)(e)
10.4
Student: Child
Care Ratios
28.09(7)
18.01(2)
11.1
Personnel
Policies
28.09(7)
28.09(11)(a)
18.05(11)
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 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

11.3
Educational
Administrator
Qualifications

Documentation
Interviews
28.09(7)(b)(c)
18.05(11)(f)

Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and Further
Progress Reporting
Riverside School’s
educational administrator
does not have the
required qualifications
for his position.
By December 18, 2006 submit
evidence that the educational
administrator is appropriately
qualified for his position, has
been waivered by DOE, or his
DOE application is ready to be
reviewed.

28.09(7)(a)
603 CMR
44.00 and
44.04
11.4
Teachers
Special
Education
Teachers and
Regular
Education
Teachers
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Documentation
Interviews
All Riverside School teachers
are either licensed or waivered
by the Department for the area
in which they are employed.
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

11.4(a)
Professional
Development
Plans


Documentation
Riverside School has signed
professional development plans
for each of their teachers as
required.

Documentation
Riverside School has
appropriately credentialed
related services providers.

Documentation
Riverside School maintains a
master list of all staff for every
position within the program that
includes the person’s job title
together with their
corresponding UFR title
numbers and full-time
equivalents (FTE’s).
28.09(7)(b)(c)
18.05(11)(f)
11.5
Related
Services Staff
28.09(7)(d)
11.6
Master Staff
Roster
28.09(7)
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 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

11.7
Job
Descriptions


Documentation
Riverside School maintains job
descriptions for all staff
positions.
11.8
Salary Ranges
18.05(11)(e)

Documentation
Riverside School provided a
statement of its salary ranges
and benefits for each position.
11.9
Organizational
Structure

Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School demonstrated
that its organizational structure
provides for the effective and
efficient operation of the school,
supervision of school staff and
supervision of students.
18.05(11)(d)
28.09(7)
28.07(c)
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 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

11.11
Supervision of
Students
28.09(7)

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School has developed
a plan that ensures that it
provides appropriate supervision
to students while they are
engaged in school-related
activity on and off school
grounds. A comprehensive list
of recreation and leisure
activities was provided.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

11.12
Accessibility
of
Extracurricular
Activities
Title VI: 42
U.S.C. 2000d;
34 CFR
100.3(a), (b);
Title IX: 20
U.S.C. 1681;
34 CFR
106.31,
106.41;
Section 504:
29 U.S.C. 794;
34 CFR
104.4,104.37(a
), (c); Title II:
42 U.S.C.
12132; 28
CFR 35.130;
NCLB: Title
X, Part C, Sec.
721; Mass.
Const. amend.
art 114;
M.G.L. c. 76,
s. 5; 603 CMR
26.06

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Interviews
Interviews indicated that
Riverside School provides equal
opportunity for all students to
participate in all recreational and
extracurricular activities. The
program provided a list of its
intramural and interscholastic
sports offerings, extracurricular
activities and clubs sponsored by
the school as well as
requirements for participation in
each of these activities.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

12.2
Annual InService
Training Plan
and Calendar
28.09(7)(f)
18.05(11)(h)

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Interviews
Review of training rosters
indicated that not all staff
receive mandated training within
their first month of employment.
According to program
administrators, however, these
staff are not allowed to be with
students alone and are not
counted as part of the staff
student ratio.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

13.3
Comparability
of Facilities
Title VI: 42
U.S.C. 2000d;
34 CFR
100.3(b)(2);
Title IX: 20
U.S.C. 1681;
34 CFR
106.33,106.40(
b)(3); Section
504: 29 U.S.C.
794; 34 CFR
104.34(c);
Mass. Const.
amend. art.
114; 603 CMR
28.03(1)(b)

Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified

Documentation
Observation
Riverside School does not have
separate facilities for members
of a specific group.
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of 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

15.1
Parental
Involvement
and Parents’
Advisory
Group

Documentation
Interviews
Title VI;
EEOA: 20
U.S.C.
1703(f);
M.G.L. c. 76,
s. 5; 603 CMR
26.02(2)

Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and Further
Progress Reporting
Riverside School has a
plan for involving
parents and has invited
parents to participate in a
Parent’s Advisory Group.
Although the program
has held meetings with
parents, it did not provide
copies of agendas and
sign-in sheets from these
meetings of the Parent
Advisory Council.
Submit copies of agendas and
sign-in sheets from Parent
Advisory Council meetings
held during the fall 2006 to the
department by December 18,
2006.

18.05(4)(a)
15.3
Information to
be translated
into Languages
other than
English
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Documentation
Interviews
Riverside School has developed
a written plan to ensure that
when students have parents or
guardians with limited English
language skills, it ensures that
general announcements and
notices of extracurricular
activities and other opportunities
are distributed to them in the
primary language of the home.
One sample announcement letter
translated in to Spanish was
included with the
documentation.
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

15.8
Registering
Complaints


Documentation
Riverside School has a written
grievance procedures that may
be used by parents and students
to register complaints regarding
the student’s education and care
at the school and allegations of
discrimination based on sex and
disability.

Documentation
Riverside School has developed
a policy and procedures
regarding the care of students
who have DNR orders.
18.05(1)(b)16
Title IX: 20
U.S.C. 1681;
34 CFR 106.8;
Section 504:
29 U.S.C. 794;
34 CFR 104.7;
Title II: 42
U.S.C. 12132;
28 CFR
35.107;
NCLB: Title
X, Part C, Sec.
722(g)(1)(J)(ii)
16.9
Students with
Comfort/Care
Do Not
Resuscitate
Orders
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 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
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16.10
Meningococcal
Disease and
Vaccination

28.09(10)
MGL c. 71, s.
34H
603 CMR
23.00
Family
Educational
Rights and
Privacy Act
(FERPA)
Findings Regarding
Incomplete
Implementation of
Approved Corrective
Action Plan or
Identification of
Additional Issues of
Noncompliance
Further Corrective Action
Ordered by the
Department of Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and Further
Progress Reporting

Documentation
Interviews
MGL, Chapter
76, s.15D
105 CMR
220.700
18.2
Student
Records
Corrective
Action Plan
Determined
to be Not
Fully
Implemented or
Additional
Issues
Identified
Student Records
Riverside Schools has a policy
and procedure to ensure that all
new students receive
information about
meningococcal disease and
vaccine and that students receive
the required vaccine or are
appropriately exempted.

Review of student
records indicated that the
section on the student
face sheet regarding the
IEP, date initially eligible
for special education,
date of most recent
special education
evaluation, date of next
expected 3-year
reevaluation, etc., is not
completed.
Submit to the Department by
December 18, 2006, copies of
the student record face sheets
from a sample of 5 student
records.
Additional compliance criteria added by the Department relative to specific findings
in the school’s last Program Review Final Report
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

1.2
Program &
Student
Description
Program
Capacity
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
Documentation
Riverside School has a program
and student description that
includes the operational capacity,
educational and behavioral
characteristics of students,
philosophy, goals and objectives
and the mechanism for the
delivery of services to all students
in the school.

Documentation
Riverside School maintains a
comprehensive policies and
procedures manual that contains
all required information.
28.09(2)(b)(2,
3,7)
3.1
Policies &
Procedures
Manual
28.09(11)(b)
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 Education
and Timelines for
Implementation and Further
Progress Reporting
8.5
Current IEP &
Student Roster
Interviews
Student Records

Student record review
indicated that Riverside
School did not have on
file a current IEP for
each enrolled
Massachusetts student
who was identified as
receiving special
education services.
Interviews indicated that
while Team meetings had
occurred or meetings
were scheduled for these
students, the program did
not document in the
student record its efforts
to obtain a current IEP.
Submit to the Department by
December 18, 2006 an updated
student roster of all enrolled
Massachusetts students
including the required elements
under this criterion, dates of the
students’ most recent IEP
meeting, and the IEP period for
the student’s current IEP, etc.
Student Records
Interviews

Riverside School’s
progress reports do not
indicate the student’s
goals and do not state
whether the student’s
progress is sufficient for
the student to meet his
goals by the end of the
year.
Submit to the Department by
December 18, 2006 a copy of
the first quarterly progress
reports from a sampling of five
student records.
28.09
8.8
IEP –
Progress
Reports
28.07(3)
20 U.S.C.
Chapter 33,
Section
1414(d)(1)(A)(
viii)
IDEA
Regulations:
300.347
13.1
Educational
Facilities and
Materials
28.09(8)
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Documentation
Interviews
Observation
Riverside School demonstrated
that it has a physical facility
including equipment, technology,
textbooks, supplies and materials
needed to serve students.