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Tiger Academy reports student gains but warns grants that fund programming largely end after this year
Summary
Tiger Academy staff reported academic and social‑emotional gains for many alternative‑education students, highlighted credit recovery and individualized supports, and said most grant funding that sustains the program expires after the coming year, leaving future staffing and services uncertain.
Dr. Joe Wielt, who oversees secondary multilingual and alternative education, and Tiger Academy staff reviewed the program’s second‑year outcomes and funding status. Wielt said the program expanded from an initial 18 students to about 34 daytime participants last year and that the Freedom School after‑school component served about 56 high‑school students.
"We were very pleased with the year one evaluation," Wielt said, summarizing external evaluation work by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Staff reported concrete short‑term outcomes cited…
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