Community Partnership
We believe that our schools are central and focusing part of our respective communities. We recognize the role our academic, performing arts, and athletic events play in bonding the community together around shared interests and celebrations of student performance. They are a place to gather, to see old friends and make new friends. To that end we are committed to enhancing the community involvement in our schools.
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Ponaganset is a regional school district servicing students in grades 6-12 from the towns of Foster and Glocester. These two rural towns are located about thirty minutes west of Providence in the northwest region of the state bordering Connecticut. The population of Glocester is slightly more than double that of Foster and that ratio is evident in the school population.
The regional district for the two towns is not fully regionalized from PK – 12. At the current time, there are three separate districts: Foster with 1 elementary school, Glocester with 2 elementary schools, and Foster-Glocester with 1 middle school and 1 high school. Each of the three districts has a separate school committee, teacher contract, non certified contract, business office, budget, policies, procedures, and state reporting documentation. The Foster and Glocester elementary districts share the same superintendent and central office staff. The regional district has its own superintendent and central office staff which also provide a variety of services to the elementary districts. A new charter for regionalization went before the voters in November 2006. One town passed the referendum and the other town did not pass the measure. Consequently, we are still a regional district in grades 6-12.
The two towns join in educating their middle and high school students when students enter the 6 th grade. The governing body is one nine-member school committee which is comprised of six Glocester members and three Foster members with co-chairs representing each town. A new middle school was recently built and opened in September 2007. The old middle school and the high school were renovated and combined into one high school complex.