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Superintendent warns of falling enrollment and discipline issues, estimates roughly $10.1 million revenue shortfall
Summary
The superintendent told the Upshur County Board of Education that benchmark results, discipline rates and an enrollment drop of 186 students have created instructional concerns and an estimated combined revenue loss of about $10.1 million; the district will pursue audits, attendance initiatives and instructional reviews.
The Upshur County superintendent told the Board of Education that early benchmark data and discipline statistics point to instructional weaknesses across the district and a budgetary shortfall tied to declining enrollment.
At the meeting the superintendent summarized the district’s beginning-of-year i-Ready diagnostic for grades K–8 and said results were mixed, with some grades showing increases in students requiring intervention and others showing declines. The superintendent said the district will inspect instructional rigor and classroom practices and begin school audits to identify mismatches between classroom grades and assessed learning.
The superintendent also presented discipline figures from August through November, saying the system recorded 112…
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