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Stephen Bell highlights new assistant principal, PBIS progress and early reading gains
Summary
Principal Ginger Keaton and Stephen Bell teachers told the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek school board the addition of an assistant principal, new PBIS tiers, sensory supports and adoption of the Wit & Wisdom ELA curriculum helped kindergarten reach school-level growth and achievement benchmarks for the first time.
Stephen Bell Elementary Principal Ginger Keaton told the Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local School District Board of Education on May 5 that adding an assistant principal, expanding positive behavior supports and launching a new K–5 English language arts program have coincided with unusually strong early-grade results.
“The students and the staff, and I know the staff would agree, we’ve all benefited from having another administrator in the building,” Keaton said, describing the first-year role of Assistant Principal Heather Hebrink. Teachers and students gave examples ranging from more visible morning coverage to an expanded PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions…
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