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Principal Ritchie tells Curriculum and Instruction Committee Excel students raised district graduation rates, officials say
Summary
Principal Ritchie told the Curriculum and Instruction Committee that Excel Flexible Learning Academy averaged a 98.7% graduation rate over five years and contributed roughly 5–6 percentage points to the district graduation rate; members asked about transportation, enrollment procedures and parent engagement, and praised the program’s mentoring and new drone-certification initiative.
Principal Ritchie presented the Excel Flexible Learning Academy’s program model and outcomes to the Curriculum and Instruction Committee on a January 2026 meeting, saying the alternative program has had strong graduation results and describing new career and student-support initiatives.
Ritchie, the program’s principal, said Excel’s students are scheduled to take one course at a time and receive direct, in‑person instruction. "Over the last 5 years, Excel has had a 98.7% graduation rate average," he told the committee, and he later said Excel students contributed a measurable uplift to district figures: "In 02/2025, we contributed 5.5% positive increase to the district's graduation rate," with a five‑year average contribution of about 6.1 percentage points.
The data, Ritchie said, include course-passage rates of roughly 88% in…
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