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District staff outline differentiated-support pilot aimed at lowest-performing schools
Summary
Chatham County Public Schools staff described a pilot to target a cohort of the district's most challenged schools with tailored resources, staffing, coaching and signature student experiences; board members emphasized equity, leader workload and the need to evaluate results before scaling.
During an Academic Excellence Committee meeting, Chatham County Public Schools staff described plans to pilot a differentiated-support model for a cohort of the district's lowest-performing schools. The proposal would steer additional, targeted resources and staffing toward a subset of schools identified with leading indicators such as low academic achievement, high chronic absenteeism, elevated behavioral incidents and low family engagement. Staff said the intent is to test strategies in a small number of sites, learn what works and replicate successful approaches elsewhere in the district. The plan matters because committee members said current…
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