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Committee reviews small rise in dropouts, focuses on multilingual supports and alternative pathways
Summary
School committee received a data briefing showing 10 students recorded as dropouts for the 2023–24 school year and discussed causes and interventions focused on multilingual learners, credit-recovery programs and alternative scheduling to keep students on track for graduation.
The Nantucket School Committee was presented with state dropout data showing 10 students recorded as dropouts for the 2023–24 school year, prompting discussion of targeted supports for multilingual learners and expanded alternative programming.
The briefing, given by a staff member presenting district dropout statistics, said district enrollment as of June 2024 was 589 students in grades 9–12 and that 10 students were reported as dropouts, a 1.7 percent rate. "Of those students we had 10 students who were reported as dropouts, which is 1.7 percent of our total school population," the staff member said. The presenter noted the distribution by grade (one ninth-grader, four tenth-graders and five eleventh-graders) and that five of the 10 students were English language learners.
Why it matters: The committee said the demographic details — grade levels, language status and…
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