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District officials highlight CTE, AVID and options programs as drivers of rising graduation rates
Summary
Gresham-Barlow administrators told the school board at a Feb. 28 work session that participation in career and technical education, AVID and in-district alternative programs is correlated with higher on-time graduation rates and that the district is expanding transitional programming for incoming ninth graders.
Gresham-Burlow School District staff presented an update Feb. 28 tracing how programs from middle school through high school are intended to increase on-time graduation. Presenters said participation in career and technical education (CTE) and targeted programs such as AVID and district-run alternatives is strongly correlated with higher graduation rates.
At the work session, Dr. Tim Collins and Carla Geddon said district data show about 925 students in the three comprehensive high schools were in the 4-year cohort referenced for the class of 2024. Of those, roughly 700 students participated in at least one CTE course during high school; students who were “concentrators” (three or more courses in a single program of study) numbered about 250. Collins said the graduation rate for students who participated in at least one CTE course was about 90 percent, and the district’s data show…
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