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Central Falls district reviews RIDE report card results; receives $3 million for new high school work
Summary
District staff reviewed school report card scores, noted a narrow gain on graduation rate, outlined accountability work with RIDE and announced a $3 million facility equity allocation for the new high school.
Director Baird and the superintendent briefed the board on the district’s 2023–24 report card results and on several districtwide updates, including a new $3 million facility equity award for the Central Falls High School project.
Baird explained the state’s star‑based report card system and walked trustees through district and school‑level performance in five buckets: academic achievement and growth, English language proficiency, graduation and college‑and‑career readiness, student success measures and subgroup performance. She said the district’s composite graduation rate for 2024 was 67 percent, just above the 66.67 percent cutoff used by RIDE: “We just made it into the 2…
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