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Christopher High principal highlights attendance push, rising graduation and drop in ELA scores
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Christopher High Principal Jeremy Durks told the Gilroy Unified Board that attendance has inched up, suspensions have declined after restorative-practices work, graduation rates improved to about 93%, but English CAASPP scores fell roughly 7% year‑over‑year; the school will run an attendance campaign and expand tutoring, mentoring and interventions.
Jeremy Durks, principal of Christopher High School, told the Gilroy Unified Board that the school has seen modest attendance gains, a steady decline in suspensions and an overall graduation rate near 93 percent even as English test results fell from the prior cohort.
"We rose slightly from the previous two years," Durks said of attendance, and described an "attendance collaborative" that pairs families and district resources with students, plus an ASB-led campaign using posters, videos and contests to encourage regular attendance.
Durks said the school’s California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP,…
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