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New Student Orientation

New Student Orientation will be taking place at each elementary school at 1 PM on August 25.

The middle school new student orientation will be held on Thursday August 26 from 9:30-11:00 AM. On this same day all incoming 6th grade students are invited to "drop in" on our annual scavenger hunt which will be held at Curtis from 2:00-3:30 PM.

Common Core Standards

The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted to adopt the Common Core Standards (CCS) in math and English language arts (ELA). Massachusetts is the 27th state to adopt the CCS. All districts in the state will be expected to align their curricula to the new standards by the start of the 2012-13 school year. Please click below to view a recent press release and reports comparing the CCS and Draft Massachusetts Standards.

METCO Director Position Announcement

Fhynita Brinson has been selected for the shared Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School/Sudbury Public Schools METCO Director position. For more information, see the press release.

School Committee Meeting Cancelation Notice

The next three scheduled Sudbury School Committee meetings, July 21, 2010, August 4, 2010 and August 18, 2010, are canceled.

The next School Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. in the Senior Center at 40 Fairbank Road in Sudbury.

K-12 Common Core State Standards

We received a communication from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) regarding the recently released draft Core State Standards. You may have recently read about these in the press. One aspect of the Obama administration's Race to the Top initiative is the development and adoption of Core Curricular Standards that would be common across the US. This would bring continuity across the country and to the expectations and rigor of assessments and student achievement indicators (test scores). Massachusetts, which has some of the highest level curriculum standards in the country, has indicated an interest in participating in the development and adoption of Core State Standards, but is not interested in doing so if that would mean a lowering of expectations. The following information from the DESE is provided for your information.

The K-12 Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics have been posted on our website at www.doe.mass.edu/candi/commoncore/. We hope that you and your school community, including faculty, parents, and students, will review these standards and comment on them in a survey, Common Core State Standards Survey, that will be available on this section of our website until July 2, 2010. The purpose of this survey is to collect responses to inform the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, which will vote on whether to adopt the Common Core Standards at a Board meeting in July. 

We have also posted working drafts of the Massachusetts ELA and math standards that emerged from ELA and Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks Review Panels' work that began in 2007 at www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks. These drafts are not complete have not been reviewed or adopted by the Board and are being posted solely for informational purposes, not for comment.

Reminder Notice

To all K - 8 Parents or Guardians who HAVE NOT submitted a 2010-2011 Transportation Form:

Transportation Forms for all riders (free or those who pay) grade K - 8 are due by May 31, 2010. The forms can be found linked in the area to the right of here.

If we do not receive your form post marked by May 31, 2010, there will be a $50 late charge.

If the application is received after the deadline, those students will be required to use the existing bus stops until additional bus stops can be considered after September 15th, 2010.

If you have questions regarding this notice, please email us at:

aimee_carnicellia@sudbury.k12.ma.us

Updated Benchmarking Comparisons

All data for the updated Benchmarking Comparisons are from the DESE and Massachusetts DOR.

Redistricting FAQ

The following FAQs address a number of questions and comments that have been raised about the proposed redistricting plan currently before the school committee.

Redistricting will be on the School Committee agenda for January 27. An opportunity for further questions and comments will be provided prior to any action taken on the matter.

In addition, we have the current district map and the proposed district map both available for download.

Summary of Massachusetts Conflict of Interest Law for Municipal/School Employees

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Core Values

  • Enhance the learning and teaching processes to enable and inspire students to achieve their potential
  • Actively promote personal responsibility and integrity
  • Seek and promote opportunities to advance equity
  • Cultivate a life-long commitment to community

The Sudbury Public Schools strive to enable all students to reach their intellectual and personal potential. The school system, in partnership with families and community, will work with integrity and respect to realize the shared vision of enabling students to become lifelong learners and effective contributors to society.

Improving on Excellence, Goals 2010 - 2011

Equal Educational Opportunities

No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to the public schools of Sudbury, for admittance to State and Federally funded grant programs, or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and course of study presented in these school, on account of race, color, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion, national origin or homelessness. This non-discrimination applies to all persons, whether or not the individual is a member of a conventionally defined "minority group."

For more information, view our Civil Rights/Title IX section.

What Makes Sudbury Public Schools Exemplary?

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