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Bahia Vista principal outlines challenges: housing instability, chronic absenteeism and student harassment
Summary
Principal Mari Kernan told the board that Bahia Vista serves about 550 students, many of them English learners and socioeconomically disadvantaged; nearly half face housing instability and the school is addressing attendance and climate concerns through family engagement and MTSS.
Principal Mari Kernan presented a year‑end snapshot of Bahia Vista Elementary to the San Rafael City Schools board on May 19, highlighting improved student engagement on some measures and persistent structural barriers that affect attendance and learning.
"Bahia Vista serves around 550 students. The vast majority are of whom are English learners and socioeconomically disadvantaged," Kernan said, describing the school's student body and the concentrated needs the site addresses. She told the board nearly half of students at Bahia Vista experience housing instability and that the school faces high rates of chronic absenteeism.
Kernan credited…
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