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Willow School plan aims to boost math growth, attendance and transition readiness
Summary
The district approved Willow School’s three-year improvement plan Aug. 11, setting an 8-point math growth goal for students with disabilities, a 5-point ELA target, and an attendance reduction effort after the school reported 28% chronic absenteeism last year.
The Homeless School District 153 Board approved Willow School’s three-year improvement plan at its Aug. 11 meeting. Willow’s plan sets distinct targets for students with disabilities, including an 8 percentage-point increase in math growth and a 5-point increase in ELA growth, and establishes actions to lower chronic absenteeism from 28% toward 20%.
"Willow is just a little different because we have the littles," Willow principal Ryan Jones said, explaining that Willow’s K–2 population feeds…
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