“I want to talk to parents about our strengths.”Īs part of his effort to learn more about Granby and to engage the community, Sullivan said he hopes to meet with parents, students, community organizations and anybody else that wants to talk over the summer. “The more we can realize where are strengths are and build on those, our strengths will outweigh our weaknesses in the long run,” Sullivan said. Human Verification: Public Comment: (50-4000 characters) Send comment. That means lots of conversations with those who have used school choice to leave the district, those who have used school choice to join the district and those Granby residents currently attending private schools. Granby Junior Senior High School rating compared to average state, county and city schools ratings: Massachusetts: 58: Hampshire County: 57: Granby: 67: Granby Junior Senior High School: 53: Review, comment, or add new information about this topic: Name: E-mail: Show my email publicly. With an increasing number of families using school choice to leave the district, or deciding to attend the Granby-based campus of the private MacDuffie School, Sullivan said he hopes to show people the high quality of Granby’s public schools. The town’s public schools have seen dwindling enrollment in recent years, and the resulting decline in state aid has created financial uncertainty. There are challenges for Sullivan to face in Granby. Before anything, however, he said he’s listening and learning about his new school and community. Sullivan said that experience in Holyoke - a school system currently under state receivership - has given him a unique experience that he’s excited to bring to Granby. “I’m really excited,” Sullivan said about joining the Granby school district. Sullivan has an associate degree in liberal arts from Holyoke Community College, a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a master’s in teaching from Fitchburg State University. Granby Junior Senior High School placed in the bottom 50 of all schools in Massachusetts for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50, and reading proficiency is bottom 50) for the 2018-19 school year. Dean Technical High School from 2003 to 2010. Granby Junior Senior High School serves 341 students in grades 7-12. Sullivan previously served as assistant principal at Holyoke High for four years, and was an English teacher at Holyoke’s William J. Stephen Sullivan, Holyoke High’s principal since 2014, has been named the new principal at Granby Junior/Senior High School.
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Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.GRANBY - Holyoke High School’s principal is taking his talents east to Granby. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. Dept of Education.Ībout Enrollment/Ethnicity For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education StatisticsĪbout Students eligible for discounted/free lunch For information about the National School Lunch Program, see the USDA WebsiteĪbout Student-Teacher Ratio Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers.
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Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S.