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Marlington Local reports 3.5 overall rating, flags kindergarten readiness and chronic absenteeism
Summary
Curriculum director Renee Kaley told the board the district earned a 3.5 overall rating on the 2023–24 Ohio report card (down from 4.0), highlighted a drop in the progress component and raised alarm about kindergarten readiness and a near‑20% chronic absenteeism rate.
Renee Kaley, Marlington Local’s curriculum director, told the school board on Oct. 17 that the district’s 2023–24 state report card showed an overall rating of 3.5 — down from 4.0 the previous year — and that the progress component dropped from 4 to 2.
“This year our overall rating was a 3.5,” Kaley said, adding that the progress component reflects value‑added student growth and that the district “fell short of our student growth expectation.” She cautioned that new curriculum implementation, staff turnover and substitute coverage can depress growth measures.
The presentation broke the report card into its component parts:…
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