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District reports rising graduation and attendance rates, highlights continued gaps
Summary
Dr. Gillespie told the White Bear Lake Area Schools board the district'wide graduation rate is approximately 93.9% (high school 97.3%; ALC 82.2%), and attendance estimates show multi-year gains; principals described school-level strategies to boost belonging and daily attendance.
The White Bear Lake Area Schools board heard a presentation on graduation and attendance data, with Dr. Gillespie describing what he called sustained gains across the district and continued areas for improvement.
"Our high school last year graduated at 97.3, our ALC graduated at 82.2% and districtwide when we couple those it's 93.9%," Dr. Gillespie said, noting the district combines several program tracks to compute the overall rate. He emphasized that reported figures lag official state releases and that some figures are estimates: "this is approximate data for last school…
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