CF High School Reform Plan
Preamble
This document outlines our best thinking on how we, the new leadership team of Central Falls
High School (CFHS), will lead the transformation of the school. This plan is an outgrowth of the
dozens of conversations we have had with teachers, school and district staff, education and
local officials, union and district leadership, university and non-profit partners, and members of
the school reform community across the nation. This plan also reflects our careful analysis of
student- and school-level data, as well as our reading of the education reform literature. Most
importantly, however, this plan gives voice to the needs of the people we are here to serve—
the students and their families.
The ultimate goal of the CFHS transformation effort is to create better educational
opportunities and outcomes for CFHS students. To attain this goal, we must create a culture of
achievement that reflects what current research and successful practices tell us about the
characteristics of high-performing schools serving high-need students. We must ensure that
the reform plan prepares all teachers to teach; all students to learn; and all leaders at the state,
district, and school levels to act in a way that substantively supports teaching and learning in
the high school.
