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Mountain View High presents WASC self‑study; board hears action plan focusing on multilingual and special‑education students
Summary
Mountain View High staff summarized their WASC visiting‑committee review, highlighted strengths and areas for growth, and outlined an action plan emphasizing co‑teaching expansion and targeted supports for multilingual learners and students with IEPs.
Mountain View High School staff presented the school’s Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) self‑study and the visiting committee’s feedback during the Jan. 13 Mountain View‑Los Altos board meeting.
Darren Dressen, a Mountain View chemistry teacher who served as a self‑study coordinator, summarized the process the school used — five focus groups meeting repeatedly last spring, a visiting team that toured roughly 100 classrooms Nov. 17–20, and a self‑study report tied to classroom observations and stakeholder input. Dressen said the visiting committee reported several strengths, including staff, active parent involvement, facilities and students’ classroom behavior; he also said the team noted the school’s self‑identified need to improve…
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