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Adult education program reports improved outcomes, expanded certificates and workforce pathways
Summary
The district's adult education program reported stronger attendance hours, increased GED/diploma completions and development of integrated training (paraeducator and 911 dispatcher) certificate offerings; staff noted performance benchmarks exceeded targets in 2023-24.
Robbie Cornelius, presenting the adult education update to the Fayetteville Public Schools board on Jan. 23, reported performance gains, expanded certificate issuance and plans to broaden integrated education-and-training courses.
Cornelius said weekly attendance hours for the program topped 10,000 and that demographic shifts included increased participation from Haitian-born residents and growth in the African American student cohort. He reported that in 2023'4 the program achieved 124.64% of negotiated benchmarks (the district must meet roughly an 87.4% threshold to qualify for baseline funding), meaning the program met and exceeded…
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