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Normandy High School reports rising participation in college- and career-ready courses; attendance and achievement goals set for 2025
Summary
Principal Gerald Nave Jr. reported enrollment and attendance figures, disciplinary trends, and growth in advanced offerings — including AP, dual enrollment, Project Lead The Way and newly added AVID — and outlined after-school tutoring and other supports to raise achievement in algebra, biology and other subjects.
Gerald Nave Jr., principal of Normandy High School, briefed the board on enrollment, attendance, discipline and academic-program growth at the high school.
Nave said projected high-school enrollment was 753 while actual enrollment was 676 at the time of the report. He reported improving attendance percentages (from 71% in September to 77% in December for the high school) and said disciplinary infractions had spiked briefly but returned to lower levels after targeted interventions, including the Viking Success Academy staffing adjustments.
On academics, Nave said algebra and biology were “on the floor” and the school plans to move them to an “approaching” performance designation by 2025. He described an expanded college- and career-readiness slate: the school offered advanced placement, Project Lead The Way, dual credit and dual enrollment courses and had added AVID and ninth- and tenth-grade AP courses, with participation rising from 365 scholars to 915, a 151% increase reported in the presentation.
Nave said after-school tutoring will begin in late January (planned start dates mentioned between Jan. 21 and Jan. 25) and run through mid-May, with teachers recruited to provide sessions multiple days per week. He said the school is working with higher-education partners such as Harris–Stowe State University and will continue to expand pathways and career-readiness experiences.
Board members offered support for recruitment of tutors and asked how the board could help; Nave asked for continued communication and support and said he would request assistance when specific needs arise.
