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Hawthorne presenters report gains on NJGPA and WIDA; district outlines classroom changes
Summary
Superintendent McNanelli and district staff told the board the district’s 11th-grade NJGPA pass rates rose, with ELA at 88.6% and high-school math improving to about 50–56% for in-district students; presenters described curriculum rewrites, new courses and targeted ML/ESL supports.
Superintendent McNanelli opened the meeting’s instructional update with a summary of spring assessment results and summer instructional work, saying, “It’s my privilege to present my first superintendent’s report” and that he had been “met with warmth and positivity” in his first weeks in the role.
District presenters framed the NJGPA results as multi-year progress. Doctor Trebona (staff member) and Bonnie (staff member) described cohort tracking that shows 11th-grade English language arts (ELA) at 88.6% “graduation ready” and a notable rise in math: district presenters said the overall high-school math pass rate rose to the low- to mid-50s and, when excluding out-of-district students, reached about 56%. Bonnie said, “When you look at the students that we are teaching day in, day out in our classroom…we’re actually at 56% pass rate.”
The presenters emphasized that the…
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