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The RLM RPA learning community supports a student-centered classroom and multiple educational options, which provide the support that each individual student needs, thus reducing the dropout rate and leading more students toward graduation. As educators, we will collaborate to search for various avenues to better serve our population through rigorous instruction, engaging content and curriculum, and holding students to high expectations that will lead them to find success. We will continue to create pathways for learning that meet our students where they are when they come to us and where they want to go in the immediate future.
In addition, we will prepare young people for the real world through the use of multiple intervention strategies and programs that will lead students towards success both inside and outside of the classroom. We will foster a school environment where we promote family and community engagement. We will do everything we can to connect with students’ families and community partners to support us with our vision that ALL students can be successful through multiple alternative pathways.
News & Announcements
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Fall River Public Schools is proud to announce that Edmond P. Talbot Middle School has been selected as one of just eight schools nationwide to participate in the Smithsonian Science Education Center's 2026 Strategic Planning Institute, the first step in a three-year journey toward becoming a Smithsonian STEAM School of Distinction.
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Learning is in full swing at our Preschool Extended School Year (ESY) Program!
This summer, 70 preschool students are participating in our ESY program at the Early Learning Center, where all Fall River Public Schools preschool students will be enrolled for the upcoming school year.
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Students enrolled in our MLL Summer Enrichment Camp at the Henry Lord Community School took learning beyond the classroom yesterday with a field trip to Southwick's Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts.
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“We woke up this morning to the heartbreaking news of the tragic loss of a 17-year-old on South Watuppa Pond. While his name has not yet been publicly released, we have received permission from his family to share that he was a former student of Fall River Public Schools.
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Fall River Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Smith is pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Olobri as the new Principal of the John J. Doran Community School, effective July 20, 2026.
Mrs. Olobri returns to Fall River Public Schools, where she previously served as a classroom teacher for five years. She brings extensive experience in urban education, school leadership, educator development, and instructional excellence.
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Fall River Public Schools is pleased to announce the appointment of Rebecca Woodcock as the new Principal of Spencer Borden Elementary School.
A respected educator and school leader with more than 27 years of experience in public education, Woodcock most recently served as Assistant Principal at North Elementary School in Somerset.
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