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Lake Norman Charter restructures high-school counseling, adds staff and dual-enrollment supports
Summary
Board heard a presentation on a reorganization of high-school counseling into 'student services,' adding a counselor and a district 504 coordinator, introducing a dedicated ninth-grade counselor and a CPCC coordinator, and launching real-time data tools to identify and intervene with at-risk students.
Lake Norman Charter on Sept. 3 outlined a reorganization of its high-school counseling department into a proactive "student services" model intended to reduce counselor caseloads and provide earlier interventions for students.
High-school principal Mark Mallick told the board the school added one counselor this year (bringing the high-school counseling team from three to four) and centralized 504 compliance under a district 504 coordinator to remove administrative burden from counselors. "We went from having 3 counselors to, now having 4," Mallick said, and described a new dedicated ninth-grade counselor intended to smooth students' transition into high school.
The presentation emphasized data-driven monitoring. Mallick demonstrated an Infinite Campus-based dashboard that combines…
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