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Bethel SD 52 presenters say graduation rates rose again, citing about 90% at Willamette High
Summary
At a Bethel SD 52 briefing, presenters reported rising graduation rates across the district, highlighting roughly 90% at Willamette High and strong outcomes at Kalapuya High, and pointed to districtwide investments in relationships, counseling and credit recovery as drivers of improvement.
A presenter at a Bethel SD 52 briefing said the district’s graduation rates increased again this year, and that the gains are broad-based across schools rather than concentrated in a single campus. “I——'m incredibly excited to share our graduation rates again this year,” the presenter said, adding that the district rate combines high marks from multiple schools.
The presenter named Willamette High School specifically, saying the school is at “right around 90%,” and noted Kalapuya High School also posted very high rates. The presenter said this pattern shows the district “invest[s] in all of our students” so that one high-performing school does not mask weak outcomes elsewhere.
District presenters framed graduation as the result of relationships and schoolwide systems: “Graduation rates are built on relationships. Knowing deeply our students, valuing them for the strengths that they already have, and then challenging them,” the presenter said. No formal votes or policy actions were recorded in the transcript; the briefing focused on outcomes and program descriptions.
The meeting record does not include a full, districtwide numeric rate or a breakdown by subgroup; presenters gave an approximate figure for Willamette and qualitative descriptions of other schools. The district did not announce a next procedural step in the transcript.
