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Dover-Sherborn School Officials React To Number One Ranking By Boston Ranking
School officials were thrilled with the number one ranking by Boston Magazine.
Earlier this week, ranked the Dover-Sherborn Public School District tops out of 135 school districts in Massachusetts in their September issue, much to the delight of D-S school officials.
The district’s Superintendent Valerie Spriggs said, “I am very proud of DSPS #1 ranking by Boston Magazine. The credit for such a ranking belongs to the teachers, staff, administrators, students, and two great communities of dedicated citizens who constantly support their schools. The Dover-Sherborn Education Foundation, Positive, CSA, and PTO are organizations who lend their support to the educators and students’ needs through grants and numerous support programs. It truly is a reflection of two communities focused on supporting an excellent school system.”
Middle School Headmaster Frederick Randall said, “It’s always an honor to get such recognition, obviously very proud of that.”
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He said it is, “rewarding to work in the district that is always looking to get better.” Randall added that the district has “great teachers,” and, “genuinely wonderful students.”
Randall said he believes there is, “tremendous support from the communities,” and that, “parents give us what we need to do to get the job done.”
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Pine Hill Elementary Headmaster Veronica Kenney, said, “We were of course delighted to be recognized by Boston Magazine. We are proud of the work done by the outstanding faculty that we have.”
Kenney said that they, “enjoy tremendous support by the community and that makes all the difference for the kids and their achievements.”
She said she believes one of the things that sets the Dover-Sherborn district apart is that, “we really encourage the education of the whole child.”
“We feel really proud to be part of the Dover-Sherborn community,” Kenney said.
At the most recent Sherborn Board of Selectmen meeting Selectmen Paul DeRensis said, “This is a great honor” and added that, “it directly ties into our marketability.”
What is most important, he said, is that, “our children are getting are fabulous education.”