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New principal details high‑school goals: attendance, credit recovery, mentors and cell‑phone policy
Summary
Principal Chris Dibble and Assistant Rico presented success metrics and goals: improving attendance to 90%, expanding mentor supports for chronically absent students, stronger credit attainment strategies, and continued enforcement of a new cell‑phone protocol; staff reported improved engagement and summer credit recovery numbers.
Chris Dibble, the new high‑school principal, and Rico (site leader) presented key performance highlights and the school's goals for the year.
Lede metrics and outcomes - Attendance: Dibble reviewed progress toward attendance goals. The school grew free/reduced lunch student attendance from 62% (earlier years) to 80% in recent reporting and described a chronically absent cohort of about 250 students last year; roughly 200 students received one‑to‑one mentors and 76 of those moved off the chronic‑absence intervention. - Credit attainment: summer programming produced about 114.25 credits earned through ALC and other summer offerings; the district created a credit‑attainment plan targeting priority standards to help students recover essential credits without repeating entire courses. - Advanced coursework: Dibble reported 343 students took 570 AP exams last year, and 75% scored 3 or better; concurrent enrollment included 240 students and 67 students took one or more PSEO courses.
Interventions and programs - Mentorship: staff expanded a mentor program with the goal of tying mentors to a student’s first‑hour teacher where possible to build daily contact; the program is intended to limit load on any individual teacher and to emphasize relationship building. - Flex/Raider Time: the school uses Raider Time to provide targeted interventions and to deliver career curriculum and registration information (ramp‑up to readiness curriculum origins noted). Staff highlighted a tier‑two Superflex intervention where students receive direct academic help and check‑ins by counselors and content specialists. - Cell‑phone policy: staff reported a 91% positive staff satisfaction with rollout of a new cell‑phone protocol; the principal said staff and administrators are prioritizing consistent adult expectations and restorative conversations rather than purely punitive measures.
Why it matters: Dibble and Rico said the combination of targeted attendance interventions, differentiated credit recovery and focused adult behaviors in classrooms are central to district goals for learner outcomes and graduation readiness.
Board discussion: Trustees asked for more detail about counselor workloads, timing for college application cycles (early deadlines) and how Raider Time and counseling resources align with early college application deadlines; Dibble said counselors use a timeline and Raider Time to provide targeted grade‑level programming and that staff are coordinating to ensure seniors receive application support.
Ending: The board thanked Dibble and Rico for the update and expressed support for the mentor program, interventions and the continued monitoring of attendance and credit attainment.
