THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2023 Page 5 Revere High School moves forward in accreditation process By Barbara Taormina rials presented by administrators. “Now, it’s different and mirS uperintendent of Revere Public Schools Dr. Diane Kelly announced this week that Revere High’s accreditation will continue. Kelly then turned the school committee meeting over to Revere High Principal Chris Bowen to explain the accreditation process. Accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges is a voluntary evaluation process that ensures schools are meeting basic standards and have plans and strategies for progress and improvement. Bowen explained in the past, accreditation occurred about every 10 years and involved a visit to a school and a review of mateWARMING | FROM Page 4 is unsheltered. We’re not opening the fl oodgates here. It’s to show that we do care about everybody. [Homelessness] is a crisis the country is facing.” However, many Revere seniors have been telling the City Council they believe the senior center is not the right location, citing real COVID fears. Many seniors seem dead set against this idea. According to city offi cials, the senior center will not be impacted by the warming center which will be open from 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM. Those in the warming center will not have access to the senior center. The City says the warming center will be managed and staff ed by a non-profi t and just 15 guests will be allowed in per night. According to City Hall, the center will not be a shelter and it will not have beds or serve food. If the hours are 7:00 PM until 7:00 AM, what do city offi cials think those sheltering themselves will be doing for those 12 rors the teacher evaluation process we use. There’s the self-assessment phase, the goal setting phase, the formative assessment and the summative assessment which is the formal assessment,” said Bowen. Revere High has gone through the self-evaluation phase which was done primarily by faculty with input from administrators, students, parents. Five priority areas were identifi ed for Revere High during the self-study phase. The next step includes a visit from a NEASC team which is a group of trained volunteer professionals from similar schools who evaluate a school’s goals to ensure they are aligned with NEASC. hours? Will they stay up all night watching television? I see them sleeping up there, don’t you? They will also get hungry – I see food up there, too. The warming center is either a shelter or it’s not. What happens when the sixteenth guest arrives at the door? No wonder the elderly is skeptical, they’ve seen this show before. In closing, I am still not sure what to make about that letter in last week’s Revere Advocate about cobra snakes (Letter-tothe-Editor) taking over the senior center. We have enough to worry about without fearing a snake conspiracy theory, too. It would be nice if people could believe what they are being told but the senior population of Revere aren’t living in fantasyland. Can you really trust what politicians say? The trust is long gone now. Actions speak louder than words. It will be up to the seniors who use their senior center to hold the feet of our politicians to the fi re. They work for you, not the other way around. During the upcoming NEASC visit, Revere High School will be offered recommendations for improvement. The school will then have the next six years to improve and meet those goals. Bowen was asked about Revere’s priority areas which seemed focused heavily on safety. “When we think about safety, we’re talking broadly about all sorts of safety. There is physical safety obviously, the security of the building, but in addition there’s bigger picture kinds of stuff . Do students feel comfortable in classes having challenging conversations with people who are diff erent than them. The criteria NEASC uses to defi ne safety is that all stakeholders provide a safe, positive, respectful and inclusive culture that ensures equity and honors diversity in identity and thought. I’s not just physical safety but all types of safety.” Although accreditation involves a lot of work and discussion, Bowen said Revere High Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 OUR OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 519 BROADWAY, EVERETT SABATINO INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: Rocco Longo, Owner WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM teachers did much of the heavy lifting with the self- evaluation last year. “It’s about progress and improvement,” said Kelly.
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