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Bucks Hill principal outlines attendance, behavior and reading plans as math improves
Summary
Principal Jimenez told the Waterbury Board of Education on March 6 that Bucks Hill School has lowered suspensions, is targeting chronic absenteeism and has launched literacy interventions while math gains continue.
Principal Jimenez told the Waterbury Board of Education on March 6 that Bucks Hill School is addressing chronic absenteeism and reading deficits while sustaining gains in mathematics.
Why it matters: The school, serving kindergarten through fifth grade, presented specifics on programs, staffing and data targets the district oversees for elementary performance and student supports.
At the meeting Principal Jimenez said the school operates three programs under one roof — regular education, bilingual education and a center-based learning autism program — and described classroom counts and supports. “We have 14 elementary regular ed classrooms, 11 bilingual classrooms, and 4 CBL classrooms,” she said.
Jimenez told the board Bucks Hill’s chronic absenteeism goal for the school year is 15.5 percent;…
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