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John Glenn High reports steady graduation rate, attendance improvements and new classroom programs
Summary
Principal Scott Kelly told the board John Glenn serves about 1,373 students, reported an 89.9% attendance rate and 89% graduation rate, described AP participation and a Department of Natural Resources salmon-rearing grant, and called for additional personnel to support outreach to chronically absent students.
Scott Kelly, principal of John Glenn High School, presented enrollment figures, academic metrics and new programs to the Wayne-Westland board on Dec. 16.
Kelly said the school has about 1,373 students and described a student body that includes growing multilingual enrollment. "We're at 89.9% attendance rate," he said, and added that the school led the district last year with the lowest truancy rate and reduced it by 17%.
Kelly credited several approaches: an exam-exemption policy that motivated borderline students, PBIS incentives, targeted truancy court work with Wesleyan youth assistants and community partners, and increased family engagement. He reported a roughly 89% graduation rate and said participation in AP exams is growing (68 students took at least one AP exam last year).
Programming highlights included a district grant to raise salmon in classrooms — funded, Kelly said, through the Department of Natural Resources — and expanded career-technical offerings. He described on-site community partnerships such as a credit-union presence (CFCU) and a recently awarded $40,000 scholarship to a student through Big Futures.
Board members followed with questions on enrollment declines across grade levels and the source and classroom integration of the salmon grant. Kelly identified attendance as his greatest challenge and asked for more district resources for outreach and home visits.
Next steps: Trustees will continue discussing resource needs for attendance outreach and possible expansion of successful programs to other schools.
