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Eight elementary schools report gains; districtwide chronic-absenteeism declines highlighted
Summary
Principals from Altoona, Centennial, Clay, Delaware, Fourmile, Mitchellville, Reynolds and Willowbrook presented school-improvement plans and results, reporting drops in chronic absenteeism at multiple buildings, literacy and math growth (including district-leading ISAS gains), and expanded building-improvement leader roles credited with attendance improvements.
Principals and building improvement leaders from eight elementary schools presented school-improvement summaries emphasizing reading and math gains, declining chronic absenteeism and targeted interventions.
Altoona Principal Morgan Miller cited early-literacy progress on district monitoring: "71 percent of our kindergarten students are making accelerated growth, 82% in first grade, and second grade has 55% making accelerated growth," and said chronic absenteeism at Altoona had fallen from 13% last October to 8% this year. Altoona’s plan protects intervention minutes, uses high-quality ELA and math materials and relies on PBIS and Leader in Me strategies.
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