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Sierra Linda High reports rising college acceptances, expands freshman supports
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Principal Randy Camacho told the Tolleson Union High School District board that Sierra Linda High increased college acceptances to 91%, showed recent ACT gains after a 26-day targeted FLEX intervention, and will launch a freshman "familia" initiative and several facility upgrades next year.
Principal Randy Camacho of Sierra Linda High School told the Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board that the school’s college acceptance rate rose from 88% last year to 91% this year and that recent targeted interventions produced measurable ACT gains.
Camacho said the school used a 30-minute daily academic intervention block called FLEX and a focused group of 81 students — described in the presentation as “game changers” — to deliver 26 days of ACT-focused instruction. "We had .62 percent growth in math and 9.53 percent growth in English," Camacho said, attributing the results to staff work and PLT collaboration.
The presentation…
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