Pentucket Regional School District

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Pentucket Regional School District
Logoofpentucket.png
Address
22 Main Street
, Massachusetts , 01985
United States
District information
Type Public
MottoA Culture of Continuous Learning
GradesK–12
Established1954;69 years ago (1954)
SuperintendentJustin Bartholomew
NCES District ID 2509450 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment2,224 (2020-2021) [1]
Student–teacher ratio12.27 [1]
District mascotPanther (beginning 2022) [2]
ColorsGreen and White
Other information
Website www.prsd.org

Pentucket Regional School District is a three-town regional school district, formed by the towns of Groveland, Merrimac, and West Newbury, Massachusetts. Elementary schools are in each town, and the middle/high school campus is located mostly in West Newbury, Massachusetts, United States and partially in Groveland, Massachusetts, United States. The schools give students the option to learn one of three languages: Spanish, German, and Latin. Its administrative offices are in the middle school at 22 Main Street, West Newbury, Massachusetts.

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District Schools

The Pentucket Regional School District comprises the three towns of Groveland, Merrimac, and West Newbury, with the following schools: [3]

A $146.2 million building project to build a combined 7–12 school building to replace the middle and high schools is underway and is expected to be complete by the fall of 2022. [4]

District Administration

The superintendent of the district is Justin Bartholomew, who has held the position since 2018. [5] The assistant superintendent, Brent Conway [6] has held his position since 2018. On January 9, 2018, the former superintendent Jeffrey Mulqueen announced that he would be retiring. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Pentucket". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  2. Laidler, John (June 12, 2022). "Pentucket will now be Panthers". Metro. The Boston Sunday Globe . Vol. 301, no. 163. p. B8.
  3. "Pentucket Regional School District: PRSD Schools". Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  4. Bode, Kelsey (April 21, 2020). "Pentucket Regional School District Provides Update on Building Project". Pentucket Regional School District. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  5. STAFF, Jacqueline Reis TELEGRAM & GAZETTE. "Mulqueen, leaving Worcester schools, says he's "humbled by the offer"".
  6. "Staff - Pentucket Regional School District". prsd.org. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  7. "Pentucket's Mulqueen announces retirement - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe .