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Mentors Care reports improved attendance, promotions for Waxahachie High students
Summary
Mentors Care told the Waxahachie ISD board the high school's program served more students than average, with positive early indicators for attendance, promotion and behavioral referrals; a student testified the program changed her grades and involvement.
Mentors Care officials told trustees the nonprofit program at Waxahachie High School is serving more students than at many partner sites and is showing measurable improvements in attendance, promotion and behavior.
Brian Blackwell, Mentors Care managing director, said the program's August–January data for Waxahachie High showed 74 mentors and 65 students active in the program at the time of the report. He said the program logged about 530 volunteer hours locally, an average of roughly eight hours per mentor.
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