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Curriculum Audit of the Manchester School District

Please find the audit report link at the bottom of this announcement from CMSi, which was presented by  Dr. Judy Birmingham to the Curriculum & Instruction and Strategic Planning  committees on June 26. For helpful background on how to read and  understand the report, we would recommend reviewing either the tv coverage  of the meeting, or the minutes from the meeting which will be forthcoming. In reviewing the document, please note that this audit was structured like  a financial audit, in that the auditors evaluated the Manchester School  District against five standards, and evaluated our performance against  those standards, using multiple criteria for each standard.  As Dr. Birmingham noted last night, the auditors were not engaged in comparing us  to other districts, but rather in measuring the district against  established objective criteria. The report has been forwarded to the full Board of School Committee, and  will most likely be discussed at the  August 12th  meeti

Dr. Debra Livingston Chosen as Superintendent

This morning in a special meeting of the Board of School Committee Superintendent Search Committee Chairman Ted Rokas announced Dr. Debra Livingston was chosen as the next Superintendent for the Manchester School District – SAU 37. “We are pleased with the success of this search and believe that the extensive vetting and interview process led us to the right candidate for the job. By a unanimous vote of the Board of School Committee Dr. Debra Livingston was chosen to lead our district,” began Rokas. Dr. Livingston is the current Superintendent of the Fall Mountain Regional School District (SAU 60 – Alstead, Charlestown area schools). Prior to her tenure at Fall Mountain she was the Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction in Socorro Independent School District in El Paso Texas with over 37,000 students. Manchester Mayor, and School Board Chairman Ted Gatsas added, “I have total confidence that Dr. Livingston’s experience and skill set makes her the right leader for the Manche