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Volume LX No. 45 “If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?” –– Abraham Lincoln Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Duxbury sees
red –– again
Democrats win most state offices
but Duxbury goes for the GOP
By Clipper Staff Election results
Duxbury residents voted See precinct-by-precinct
for a Democratic president in results for all races and ballot
2008 for the questions on page 6.
first time in
decades ter Tuesday’s election, howev-
–– lead- er, Duxbury is firmly back as
Duxbury ing many a “red” town, as voters bucked
votes observers the statewide trend and voted
to wonder for mostly Republican candi-
if the town dates. UNBEATEN: The Duxbury Dragons race onto the field for the start of their game against the Middleboro
was experienc- The election was a hotly Sachems Friday night. Duxbury won big, 55-21, running their record to 9-0. The Dragons face Hingham
ing a political sea change. Af- this week. For full coverage, see section B. Photo by Jim Tarbox
continued on page 6
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4 Duxbury Clipper Wednesday, November 10, 2010
For school administrators, sional development plan.” lion and a capital budget of
the MCAS tests are seen as As far as the curriculum $639,475, which includes
having a dual role in Duxbury action planning, Walsh called $374,275 for capital improve-
schools: they identify the cur- it “an extensive eleven step ments and $265,200 for tech-
riculum areas and students process.” nology upgrades.
Designer finishing Walls Furniture
who need help, while they In reviewing the adminis- • Announced there will be & painting Ceilings Cabinetry
also hold up a mirror reflect- tration’s 2009 MCAS goals, a public hearing on Nov. 17 on
ing an overall high performing Walsh admitted that the district the school budget.
by Tracy K. Woods
school district. had fallen short in meeting • Learned that a school- Take your existing kitchen cabinets and get a
At the School Committee many of them but had showed wide policy on bullying will
meeting last Wednesday, As- improvement for almost all come before the committee on
whole new look without removing a thing!
sistant Superintendent Edwin categories. Nov. 17. A vote is planned on A Duxbury Businesst(508) 558-0500
Walsh presented his summa- “We’re not sitting back that issue in December.
tion of the results of MCAS in and being complacent. We’re • Announced that the
Duxbury, which were mostly continually trying to get bet- school building committee Paul D. Fitzgerald, D.M.D., P.C.
positive. ter,” he said. will hold two meetings on the Specializing in Orthodontics
“The unintended conse- School Committee vice plans for a new co-located
quence of MCAS is bad PR,” chairman John Heinstadt middle and high school and
he said. “The intended conse- asked Walsh: “How would will send a direct mail flyer to
quence is that we’ve identi- you respond to the question Duxbury residents to explain
fied students who need assis- that you’ve got 13 goals here the plans.
tance.” and you’ve only met three?”
In his power point presen- “I would say that we’ve set
tation, which is available on the bar for goals very high,”
the Duxbury school adminis- Walsh answered.
trator’s Web site, Walsh ex- School Committee mem-
plained that in almost all ar- ber Gary Magnuson said he felt
eas, the town’s schools are “on there was a “performance gap”
target for their improvement when a third of middle school
rating.” students receive either a needs
“We’re right where we improvement or warning rat-
need to be with our improve- ing in math and science.
ment rating,” said Walsh, add- Walsh responded by say-
ing, “We’re in the top category ing that the eighth grade
for our performance rating.” MCAS covers some sciences
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of ninth graders passed the “pulling the number down” in
MCAS biology test. math.
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troubling for the administra- sentation, corrective action
tion. These included certain plans for Alden and DMS will
MCAS questions in reading/
literature, number sense, ge-
ometry and biology.
be presented to the school com-
mittee in January. These plans
will address the adequate year- of the people
97%
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school district must improve special education subgroup. surveyed would
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