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Superintendent outlines Jobs County Schools five-year plan, cites drop in chronic absenteeism
Summary
Dr. Marlon Campbell presented a draft comprehensive plan for Jobs County Public Schools that emphasizes safety, attendance, student learning and facilities; the superintendent reported chronic absenteeism has fallen to below 10% and set targets to reach top-third academic performance and a 96–97% graduation rate.
Dr. Marlon Campbell, superintendent of Jobs County Public Schools, presented a draft five-year comprehensive plan to the Narrows Town Council and requested community feedback before the district aims to adopt a mission and vision by June or July.
“We set three priorities this year: attendance, academic performance and graduation rates,” Campbell said. “Chronic absenteeism is now below 10% — about half of where it was — and we’re working to get our academic performance into the top third of the state.” He described plan components that include school safety and security, culture and climate, student learning, staff and student well-being, governance and operational efficiency, facilities and data.
Campbell described the planning process — employee and parent surveys, committee work and a draft broken into components, goals, objectives and specific strategies — and asked council and residents to review the packet and provide input. He said the district used committee-led drafting and broad stakeholder outreach to build buy-in and noted the plan is not final.
Councilmembers thanked district staff for the presentation and urged careful review to avoid rushing adoption; one councilmember suggested more months of outreach to ensure clarity and community buy-in. Campbell also outlined specific targets: further reductions in chronic absenteeism, moving toward the top third in SOL assessments and graduation rates of roughly 96–97 percent over time.
The superintendent offered to provide meeting packets to councilors who wanted deeper review and asked the town to identify priorities the community would like included in the final plan.
