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09/03/10 - Labor Day (Friday)

09/06/10 - Labor Day (Monday)

09/14/10 - Professional Day

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General Basic Facts

General Basic Facts | Employee Basic Facts | Student Basic Facts | Facilities Basic Facts

The 2011 Annual Report, 2010 - 2011 Basic Facts brochure, and the 2010-2011 Reaching for the Stars booklet will be available for downloading and printing. (Note: They have been designed for two-sided printing, in booklet form.)

2010-2011 Annual Report (Coming Soon!)

2010-2011 Basic Facts (Coming Soon!)

2010-2011 Reaching for the Stars (Coming Soon!)

The School System

  • 5 elementary schools
  • 1 intermediate school
  • 3 middle schools
  • 1 special school
  • 3 high schools
  • 1 career and technology high school

Student Population - 6,693
School Day - 6 hours 42 minutes
School Year - 180 days

Food Services

  • 59 food services employees
  • 283,757 breakfasts
  • 529,999 lunches
  • 20,060 senior citizens, MAC and adult day care meals
  • 49,321 after-school snacks
  • 5,227 after-school supper meals
  • 888,364 total meals prepared

School Bus Transportation

  • 83 buses
  • 1,511,409 miles a year
  • 8,397 miles a day
  • 73 bus contractors
  • 92% of students qualify for bus transportation
  • Ongoing driver training and bus inspections are conducted

Technology

  • At least two mobile computer labs per school
  • Student to computer ratio is 2.8: 1
  • Internet and high-speed T1 lines are available in all schools
  • Wireless internet access in all middle and high schools 
  • Electronic grade books -- with parents access for viewing -- used in all middle, and high schools
  • Technology coaches in each school 
  • SMART Board technology in Title I schools
  • New automated notification system (implemented in October 2010) *

Facilities, Operations and Maintenance

  • 13 maintenance technicians
  • 66 custodians
  • 1,257,548 sq. ft. of building space is consistently repaired and maintained
  • 2,605 work orders processed this year
  • 429 acres total: grass cutting and landscaping of 306 acres at 15 sites *

 

Health Care Professionals

  • 16 school nurses had a total of 75,512 office visits over the 2009-2010 school year
  • Despite the H1N1 Flu, 62.4% of students were able to return to the classroom after treatment

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Worcester County Public Schools spent an average of $13,656 to educate each student in FY 2008.

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