Medford has a long history of students attending parochial schools. There are five Situated in Medford. There are also several parochial high schools in the area. Many families have a long tradition of attending parochial schools. We are not in Competition with them. We support parent choice and concentrate on the Students who elect to come to the public schools.
State rankings are based upon MCAS results. There is a very strong correlation Between population demographics and performance on standardized test. This is Especially true when the average score is the main comparative factor. Medford Is an Urban Run community. We have a school population that mixes students From diverse socio-economic backgrounds. When compared with like Communities we do well. We are making very good strides when we look at Students who stay with us for more than four years. We like many other Communities are challenged by large numbers of non-native English language Speakers and severe special education students. In most instances we out perform Our urban neighbors.
Education is the business of improvement and we must always strive to do better
We use data from the test to give feedback to teachers and to improve our Professional practices.
We provide extensive professional development to staff so that they are better Prepared.
We work with families to help them encourage their children to do better in School.
We provide good overall class size and a rich offering of courses given the Economic constraint. We offer more AP courses than many of the very wealthy towns.
School Committee members encourage our educators to make the necessary Adjustments that will lead to improvement.
School Committee members fight hard to provide the resources to support the Educational programs.
School Committee members provide feedback to the schools on what the public Perceives and what problems need to be addressed.
School Committee members hold our Administrators accountable for the results.
