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Jordan School District says graduation rate edging up as counselor contacts rise
Summary
District counseling leader Stacy Worthen reported incremental gains in graduation rates and large increases in school-counselor contacts across Jordan School District during the board's May 13 study session, and described training and staffing expansions behind the numbers.
Stacy Worthen, counselor consultant for Jordan School District, told the board May 13 that the district's high school graduation rate has risen from about 88 percent in 2018 to about 90.4 percent and that the district has reduced seniors with credit deficiencies by 96 percent.
Worthen said the counseling program has expanded the number of recorded contacts between counselors and students or parents districtwide from 50,896 in an earlier baseline year to 93,748 so far this year. "By this year, and this is right now without quarter 3, we're up to…
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