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2007-2008 SCHOOL COMMITTEE GOALS

1. Continue supporting all efforts to comply with Federal “NCLB” and State Article 18 requirements, and improve student achievement in the following areas:
   
   
   1. All schools will meet the 21 targets for compliance;
      
      
   2. We will reduce the district drop-out rate by 25%;
      
      
   3. We will increase the number of schools designated high performing;
      
      
   4. We will reduce the number of schools designated low performing;
      
      
   5. We will have no schools designated in need of improvement;
      
      
2. Continue to pursue “higher expectations” and thereby assure that all students be challenged to perform at their highest potential;
   
   
3. Continue to advance the plan for “Fewer, Newer Schools” to establish facilities that address the needs of education in the 21^st century;
   
   
4. Establish an educational program such as a Third Grade academy for students whose literacy and mathematic achievements are not adequate to enter the fourth grade;
   
   
5. Establish an Alternative Education protocol;
   
   
6. Explore efforts to enhance curriculum by exploring innovative avenues of access, (e.g., online access, inter-district collaboration, concurrent enrollment, etc.);
   
   
7. Continue to produce a realistic, educationally sound, cost-effective budget that supports district goals, presented in a format that is transparent, easily understood and professionally presented to the citizens of Newport;
   
   
8. Continue to support initiatives to improve Guidance Services at Rogers High School;
   
   
9. Encourage and support career and technical education.
   
   
10. To review and analyze the number and nature of calls to service to our buildings by police and fire and the reasons for these calls.