McNary principal named Oregon principal of the year
Salem Statesman Journal
McNary High principal Erik Jespersen has been named the Oregon 2021 High School Principal of the Year. Jespersen was chosen by his peers in the Oregon Association of Secondary School Administrators.
Jespersen has been McNary s principal for seven years. Before that, he was assistant principal, instructional coach and social studies teacher at McNary and McKay high schools.
During his tenure as principal, McNary has raised the school s graduation rates from 82% in 2014 to 92% in 2020. McNary’s graduation rates for special education students have risen from 54% to 82.5%, and for Latinx students from 66% to 92.6%.
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More than 1 in 5 Portland high schoolers did not complete at least one course in the fall quarter
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
More than 20% of high schoolers either earned an F in the first quarter of the 2020-21 school year or didn t complete enough work to earn a grade in at least one class, according to Portland Public Schools. The district recruited substitute teachers to aid in credit recovery efforts and dispatched social workers and counselors to make house calls to help students who didn t engage with distance learning.Oregonian file photo by Mark Graves/Staff
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While many school districts across the state and country have seen a surge in failing grades, Portland Public Schools hasn’t, according to figures district officials provided to The Oregonian/OregonLive.