The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring

(PSM) will conduct an Integrated Monitoring Review of the Natick Public Schools during the

week of March 3, 2025. Each school district, charter school, vocational school, and virtual

school undergoes an Integrated Monitoring Review every three years. The areas addressed

during an Integrated Monitoring Review are organized into two groups, known as Group A

Universal Standards and Group B Universal Standards.

The Natick Public Schools will be undergoing a Group A monitoring review that focuses on

special education student identification and special education eligibility timelines; Individualized

Education Program (IEP) development; programming and support services; procedural

requirements for suspensions and equal opportunity.

The process includes interviews with district staff and administrators, review of policies and

procedures, and school building visits. The process may also include parent/caregiver, student

and teacher focus group meetings to gather additional information. Interpretation will be

provided, if needed.

Parents/guardians and other stakeholders may call Gillian Lange, Monitoring Review

Chairperson, at (781) 338-3246 to request a telephone interview. If anyone requires an

accommodation, such as translation, to participate in an interview, the Department will make the

necessary arrangements.

Within approximately 60 business days after the onsite visit, the review chairperson will provide

the charter school with a report that includes information on further actions that may be required.

The public can access the report at https://www.doe.mass.edu/psm/tfm/default.html.