Apple Valley’s BARR program credited with reducing ninth‑grade failure rates; district plans expansion
Administrators, assistant principals and students described the Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) program at Apple Valley High School, showing early data on lower failure rates and announcing districtwide rollout to three other comprehensive high schools next fall.
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Apple Valley High School administrators told the school board on Feb. 10 that the Building Assets and Reducing Risks (BARR) approach — an interdisciplinary, relationship‑and‑data program for ninth graders — produced meaningful early gains in course completion, attendance and behavior and will expand to the district’s other comprehensive high schools next fall.
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