Teacher Of Year Named; High School Grad Rate Hits 82 Percent

Supt. Dr. Bernard DiLullo announced the results at the Jan. 10 school committee meeting, where the board also recognized the district's teacher of the year.

A little over six months since a Rhode Island Kids Count survey listed Johnston's high school graduation rate at 76 percent, Supt. Dr. Benard DiLullo told the school committee on Jan 10 that 82 percent of eligible students graduated in 2011. “We are most pleased with the great improvement in graduation rates at the high school,” DiLullo said during the committee's meeting, held at Ferri Middle School. According to state statistics, the graduation rate at Johnston High School has improved by 12 points since 2007. Teacher of the Year Recognized; $300k reimbursement announced The school committee also congratulated Paula Creamer, literacy coach at Thornton Elementary School, as  the district's teacher of the year. “We are so fortunate to have…

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School Committee Meeting — Dec. 6

Coaching vacancies and appointment of newspaper advisors to Johnston High School and Ferri Middle School are on tonight's agenda.

The Johnston School Committee is scheduled to consider several coaching appointments — including one for a coach who was denied a previously-vacant position — during its meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at Ferri Middle School. A copy of tonight's agenda is attached to this article. At its Oct. 18 meeting, the school board voted 5-0 to deny the junior varsity coaching position to Carmine Giarrusso, who is on tonight's agenda for consideration of the middle school girls' basketball coach vacancy. Several other positions — including newspaper advisors for the high school and Ferri Middle Schools — are also among tonight's agenda items.   Watch JohnstonPatch for coverage of tonight's meeting.

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