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Wadawitz Elementary reports literacy gains, cites attendance and medical-need absences as barriers
Summary
Wadawitz Elementary principal told the RUSD board the school has outpaced many K–5 schools in growth, is nearing kindergarten literacy benchmarks, and faces chronic absenteeism challenges related to medical needs among special education students.
Donna Katz, directing principal at Wadawitz Elementary School, told the Racine Unified School District Board of Education on March 17 that the school is seeing measurable literacy growth but continues to face attendance challenges related to a high special education and medically fragile population.
Katz said the school set a kindergarten literacy benchmark of 90 percent for letter-sound mastery; last year the school reached about 87 percent and data this year are trending toward the 90 percent target. "We want to make sure that 90% of all of our kindergarteners ... know all of their letter sounds," Katz said.
Katz described…
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