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Metro East Web Academy presents increase in enrollment and steady gains; leaders report high mobility and credit-recovery work
Summary
Metro East Web Academy (NEWA) told the Gresham-Barlow board it serves about 1,000 students, has a roughly 50% annual mobility rate, reported growth in graduation outcomes and documented financial reserves that meet loan covenants.
Metro East Web Academy executives told the Gresham-Barlow School District Board of Education on Feb. 5 that the online and alternative high school continues to grow and is producing measurable gains in credit accumulation and graduation outcomes.
Dr. Christina Stewart-Fine, executive director, said NEWA serves about 1,000 students in its 16th year and that roughly half of that population is new each year. She said many students arrive multiple credits behind their cohort and that the program focuses on credit recovery and wraparound supports to move students toward graduation.
"Our students often arrive…
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