The Commission on Public Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges considers this visiting committee report of John F. Kennedy Middle School to be an important document submitted to the school principal, the superintendent of schools, and the Committee on Public Elementary and Middle Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. Distribution of the report within the school community is the responsibility of the school principal. The final visiting committee report must be released in its entirety within sixty days (60) of its completion to the superintendent, school board, public library or town office, and the appropriate news media.
The prime concern of the visiting team has been to assess the quality of educational programs at John F. Kennedy Middle School on the basis of the school’s own self-study and in terms of the school’s stated Mission and Expectations and the Association’s seven Standards for Accreditation for public schools. Neither the total report nor any of its subsections are to be considered an evaluation of any individual faculty member but rather a professional appraisal of the school as it appeared to the visiting committee.