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Wadawitz Elementary reports literacy gains and attendance challenges to board
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Wadawitz Elementary principal Donna Katz told the Racine Unified board that the school is prioritizing early literacy and reported growth metrics, but noted attendance rates and medically fragile students limit full-year benchmarks.
At the March 17 Racine Unified School District board meeting, Donna Katz, directing principal at Wadawitz Elementary School, outlined the school’s literacy targets, recent growth and ongoing attendance challenges.
Katz said Wadawitz has focused on foundational early literacy and set a kindergarten benchmark goal of 90 percent of students meeting letter-sound expectations; she reported the school reached about 87 percent last year and that this year’s data is trending toward the 90 percent goal. She told the board: “Every single year, we wanna make sure that 90% of all of our kindergarteners…
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