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Bedford High highlights restored CTE programs and Excel Academy supports
Summary
Bedford High School leaders reported returning CTE programs and described Excel Academy’s small-school model focusing on mental-health supports, behavioral interventions and self‑paced academics; presenters credited those efforts with improved discipline data and incremental graduation gains.
Bedford High School administrators told the Bedford City School District board they are seeing early signs of programmatic success after restoring career and technical education (CTE) offerings and expanding supports at the Excel Academy, the district’s alternative-setting school.
Crystal Dillard (assistant principal), Reggie Walker (assistant principal) and Claire Gowling (assistant principal) described progress toward district goals, highlighting a near-target graduation rate (96.8% for the Class of 2024 goal of 97%) and a roughly 9.3 percentage-point increase in reading over…
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