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Yellow Breeches principal says incentives and structured support sharply cut incomplete work and failures
Summary
At a March 2, 2026 South Middleton School District board meeting, Yellow Breeches Middle School principal Mister Osich described a suite of incentives and support strategies (Critter Coin, Butler Hub, Butler Boost) he says reduced grade-book zeros and course failures; the administration also presented enrollment projections tied to future facility planning.
Mister Osich, principal at Yellow Breeches Middle School, told the South Middleton School District Board on March 2 that a combination of digital incentives and a structured support period has driven large declines in incomplete assignments and course failures.
"Through our system of Critter Coin, Butler Hub, and Butler Boost, we trimmed the number of zeros in the grade book after quarter 2 by 88% to 48," Mister Osich said, adding that course failures fell to seven this year from 25 in 2023–24 and 37 last year. He described the approach as moving "students from potential to actual" by reinforcing specific habits and pairing incentives with targeted interventions.
The administration earlier reported projected district enrollment and facility impacts that frame those…
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