Portsmouth approves full-day kindergarten
PORTSMOUTH — Grace Zamil will be seeing a lot more of a classroom next year, but her parents say she’s ready for the challenge. The 5-year-old now attends morning classes at Portsmouth Nursery School three days a week. After school she comes home, has a snack, watches a little TV, maybe colors and plays with [...]
Read More →Portsmouth schools expected to approve full-day K tonight
PORTSMOUTH — It looks like all-day kindergarten is finally coming to Portsmouth. The School Committee is expected to approve the much-anticipated plan at its meeting tonight, March 26, at 7 p.m. in the high school library. Currently the district offers half-day kindergarten classes at Hathaway and Melville schools. “With the strategic plan, one of the core [...]
Read More →Portsmouth schools hold the line on budget
PORTSMOUTH — Before an empty audience Monday night, the School Committee formally approved a $37.42 million budget proposal for 2013-2014 that represents a .4 percent decrease over the current spending plan. The $37,419,133 budget, $149,307 less than the current one, was sent to the Town Council for review. The contribution from local taxpayers would be [...]
Read More →Portsmouth schools dispute ACLU criticism on web filtering
PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth is the only public school district in the state that blocks students from viewing online material on religion and entertainment, according to a report released Monday by the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Furthermore, the ACLU report contends, the district’s internet filtering software also blocks access to the [...]
Read More →Portsmouth NECAP scores well above state average
PORTSMOUTH — Although Portsmouth students once again scored well above the statewide averages in the latest round of New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) testing, school officials say there’s still room for improvement. Results from the fall 2012 NECAP tests, given to students in grades 3 to 8, and 11, indicated that overall, Portsmouth students held [...]
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