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Lincoln School District, Rhode Island

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Lincoln is a school district in Rhode Island.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Rhode Island school district websites

The good

  • Administrative officials are listed with contact information.[1]
  • Current budget is published.[2]
  • Meeting schedule[3], minutes and agendas are provided.[4]
  • School committee members are listed with contact information.[5]

The bad

  • Does not provide information on taxes, contracts, audits, academic performance, background checks, and how to make public record requests.

School committee

The school committee is composed of seven members.[6]

Member District Term
Elizabeth Black Robson, Chair 4
Kristine Donabedian, Vice Chair 3
Mary Varr, Clerk 5
Tracey Cavanaugh 2
Rick Battistoni 1
Mary Anne Roll At-Large
Julie Zito At-Large

Georgia Fortunato serves as Superintendent.

Teacher contracts

Collective Bargaining Agreements are available on the District's website.[7]

School budget

For FY 2010 the District has a budget of $47,561,705. This is a decrease of $738,295 (1.53%) from FY 2009.[8]

In FY 2008 Lincoln spent $14,322 per pupil.[9]

Academic performance

In response to the No Child Left Behind Act, Rhode Island joined with Vermont and New Hampshire to create Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) and the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP).[10] NECAP results can be found on the Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education site.

Each year Information Works! (a partnership between the R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Center for School Improvement and Educational Policy at the University of Rhode Island) puts out an annual report on public education in Rhode Island, creating detailed report cards for each district.

2007-08 District school performance

In the 2007-08 school year, 8 schools (100%) in the district were classified as making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), 1 was a Regents' Commended school, and none were identified as in need of improvement.[11]

Classification Number of schools Percentage of schools
Made Adequate Yearly Progress 8 100%
Did not make AYP - Caution 0 0%
Did not make AYP - Insufficient Progress 0 0%

2008-09 Accountability

The chart below details school classification indicators and targets:[12]

Level Math 2008 state target District's index score English 2008 state target District's index score
Elementary Schools 74.5% 90.4% 84.1% 91.9%
Middle Schools 64.1% 86.0% 78.6% 89.4%
High Schools 63.2% 73.1% 75.0% 89.8%

2008-09 Assessments

The chart below details the percentage of students reaching proficiency on the following subjects:[13]

Grade Math Reading Writing
Grade 11 42% 81% 55%
Grade 8 69% 79% 66%
Grade 7 68% 82% -
Grade 6 63% 78% -
Grade 5 76% 81% 71%
Grade 4 79% 77% -
Grade 3 76% 75% -

Unions

The Lincoln Teachers Association (LTA) is the teacher's union for this school district.[14] It is an affiliate of American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Rhode Island Federation of Teachers, and the AFL-CIO. Mary Ann Canning-McComiskey is the President.

School choice

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