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CHABAD CENTER OF SHARON — 162 North Main St. Sharon; Tel: 781-784-4269, Fax: 781-784-8346, www.chabadofsharon. Rabbi Chaim H. Wolosow. Morning services: weekday - 7:30 a.m., Sunday - 8:30 a.m., Saturday - 9:30 a.m. Evening services: Sunday through Thursday - 8:30 p.m. Evening service times for Friday and Saturday evenings change weekly.
CONGREGATION ETZ CHAIM —74 Billings Street, 781-784-7204, www.etzchaimsharon.org, Rabbi Nisson Dov Miller. Shacharis: Monday & Thursday—6:05 a.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday—6:15 a.m., Shabbos—9 a.m., Sunday—8 a.m. Mincha/Maariv: 20 minutes before sunset. Daf yomi: Monday through Thursday—8:20 p.m., Friday—immediately after shacharis, Shabbos—1 ½ hours before sunset, Sunday—7 a.m.
CONGREGATION KLAL YISRAEL , 9 Dunbar St., Sharon, 781-784-0004, www.klal.org. Rabbi Terry Greenstein, spiritual leader. Fri., May 23:  Shabbat Service led by Rabbi Dan Kaplan, 8 p.m. Fri., May 30:  Shabbat Service; Hey Class Graduation, Teacher Appreciation, 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 31:  Shabbat Service, Adult B’nai Mitzvah, 7 p.m. Fri., June 6:  Shavuot Seder and Potluck Dinner, 6:30 p.m. Sat., June 7:  Shabbat Service, Bat Mitzvah of Lydia Utter, 10 a.m.; Cafe Klal, 7 p.m. Fri., June 13:  Shabbat Service, 8 p.m. Sat., June 14:  Shabbat Service, Bat Mitzvah of Morgan Blatchford, 10 a.m. Fri., June 20:  Shabbat Service, 7:30 p.m. Sat., June 21:  Shabbat Service, Bat Mitzvah of Savannah Horton, 10 a.m.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 South Main St., Sharon, 781-784-3553. Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien, pastor. May 25- 9:30 a.m. Sunday School for junior/senior high and adults, 10:30 a.m. Worship - nursery care provided, Sunday School for pre-school through grade 6 during worship, Sermon: "Peace on Earth", by Rev. Wendy Kiefer-O’Brien, Scriptures: Romans 12:14-21, Traits of a Christian , Matthew 5:9, Blessed Are the Peacemakers. Monday: 5:15 p.m. Music Academy. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 3 p.m. Chinese School. Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Choir practice. Friday: 7:45 p.m. Greenland Fellowship and AWANA children’s program

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In just one year under Peggy Petrilli’s leadership, test scores improved dramatically at Booker T. Washington Academy in 2006.
And in her six years at Northern Elementary — another poor, low-performing school — the jump in scores was even greater. The achievement won national attention and led to Petrilli being named state principal of the year in 2005. Some called it the Northern miracle.
But a sweeping investigation recently completed by the Fayette County school board calls those gains into question. And it may lead to a wider probe by the Kentucky Department of Education.
A report written by school board general counsel Brenda D. Allen accuses Petrilli and some Booker T. staff of engaging in testing irregularities, improperly holding students back a year, misleading parents, circumventing the school’s site-based decision making council and retaliating against parents, records show. Petrilli, 59, resigned last August and later filed a lawsuit against the school board.
“During interviews, staff and parents provided that everything at Booker T. Washington Academy under Peggy Petrilli’s leadership was driven by test scores,” Allen wrote. “They indicated, if it didn’t help to raise test scores, it wasn’t an option.”
The report has been forwarded to the Kentucky Department of Education, which has the power to invalidate test scores for those years. If scores are invalidated the schools may face sanctions under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
The report also has been forwarded to the Education Professional Standards Board, which licenses teachers and administrators.
The Herald-Leader obtained the report, written April 23, through an open-records request. Allen investigated 50 allegations, conducted approximately 50 interviews and reviewed thousands of records, according to the report.
A spokeswoman for the state education department said the agency will investigate all allegations it receives.
An attorney for Petrilli said she did not break a single law. Attorney J. Dale Golden suggested the report is designed to discredit Petrilli’s lawsuit against the school district.

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