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Albany High principal reports rising attendance, highlights valedictorian and salutatorian
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Albany High School principal Jody Comerford told the Board of Education that attendance and family engagement rose this year, the school added supports and programs, and valedictorian Jacob Levine and salutatorian Jamima Siddiqui addressed the board about their experiences and plans.
Albany High School Principal Jody Comerford told the Albany City School District Board of Education on May 8 that the high school has seen measurable gains in student attendance, family engagement and program participation this year.
Comerford said chronic absenteeism has fallen and the district’s recent capital project and new campus facilities helped draw families back: "We're seeing an increase in not only student attendance, but our family engagement with the new campus," she said. The principal reported the school’s daily attendance rate at about 89% for the year and chronic absenteeism trending lower than earlier figures she cited.
The report outlined several operational changes that administrators credited for the…
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