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Superintendent outlines three priorities for Sumter schools: academics, facilities and workforce
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Superintendent Dr. William Wright told the board his priorities for the remainder of the school year are student proficiency gains, updated facilities planning and human-resource development; trustees pressed for details on facility studies, rezoning, grant-funded positions and transportation performance.
Superintendent Dr. William Wright told the Sumter School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 13 that his top priorities through the rest of the school year are improving student proficiency, addressing facilities needs and strengthening human-resource development.
"I have an expectation that we improve student proficiency by a minimum of 6%" he said, outlining measurable academic goals he said should apply "every school, every classroom." Wright said those proficiency gains typically cover the growth measures the district needs.
Wright also urged the board to update a facility study completed in 2018, calling facilities work one of the…
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