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District presents detailed Black student achievement plan, reading and special‑education interventions and restorative justice expansion

Charlottesville City School Board · April 1, 2026
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Summary

Staff reviewed graduation and diploma data, targeted interventions (reading specialists, MAP/DIBELS screening, MTSS), special‑education disproportionality work, restorative-practices pilot metrics, alternative-programming (LMA, night school, WALT) and community‑schools initiatives including literacy kits and summer supports.

District administrators used the March 31 meeting to give a comprehensive update on initiatives aimed at improving Black student outcomes and supporting students with disabilities.

Key points included: a rise in Black on-time graduation for the 2025 cohort (reported as 89% for Black students in the cited cohort), disparities in advanced-study diploma attainment (27 Black students earned advanced diplomas out of a 90-student Black cohort), and high rates of economic disadvantage among Black students (staff said about 83% in the Black student cohort were economically disadvantaged). Leaders described cohort review processes, MTSS interventions and…

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