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Fairhope West principal credits 3-mil funding, attendance push for rise to 96 on state report card
Summary
Principal Jenny Bridal told the Fairhope City Council work session that 3-mill funds pay for intervention teachers, coaches and a social worker at Fairhope West Elementary, and that efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism helped lift the school's state report card score to 96.
Principal Jenny Bridal of Fairhope West Elementary School told the Fairhope City Council work session that the school used local 3-mill funding to expand services, and that a focus on attendance helped raise the school's state report-card score to 96.
Bridal said Fairhope West serves about 975 students in pre-K through sixth grade and that 3-mil revenue freed up foundational units so coaches could return to classroom teaching. "Fairhope West is definitely, a special, special place," Bridal said. She also credited a…
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