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Newberg High interim principal credits BARR program as ninth-grade on-track and graduation rates improve
Summary
Interim Principal Mark Bridal highlighted the BARR program's role in lifting Newberg High School's ninth-grade on-track rate from 71% to 88% and the school's graduation rate to 91%; he also spotlighted new student clubs and noted staffing and facilities challenges.
Interim Newberg High principal Mark Bridal told the board that the Building Assets, Reducing Risks (BARR) program, targeted at ninth graders, is central to recent student-success gains.
Bridal said the district brought BARR to Newberg High in 2020–21 and that "our ninth grade on track rate has now increased to 88%" from a baseline near 71%, and…
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