Karan B. Burnette, Michael Tapee, Michael M. Kocet, Elise Swanson, Heather D. Hunter and Keith A. Jones will be honored at an evening reception on March 8 to celebrate their accomplishments.
A new program spearheaded by the University of Wyoming seeks to prepare rural students for college and bridge a divide between far-flung communities and higher ed institutions in the state.
From staff reports
HAMMONDSVILLE Edison Local Schools are moving forward in its plan to review chronic absenteeism and post-secondary pursuits.
Superintendent Bill Beattie said a panel of district and high school administrators, career readiness and truancy officials recently met to discuss the next level in its initiative through Harvard University which uses the Proving Ground model of evidence-based improvement to address chronic absenteeism, career readiness and college enrollment.
Edison is among 50 rural schools in Ohio and New York that are part of the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks, an initiative of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard, and the study is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.
From staff reports
HAMMONDSVILLE The Edison Local School District is looking to reduce chronic absenteeism and is seeing some positive results with the addition of a new truancy officer.
School board members approved the hiring of Anthony Pierro during the Feb. 25 regular meeting, but his contract is retroactive to Feb. 1. Superintendent Bill Beattie said Pierro’s presence already has yielded improvements among student attendance and leaders want to maintain the momentum.
“We’ve been monitoring our chronic absenteeism since the beginning of October and there’s so much responsibility on the principals, guidance counselors and SRO’s, so the board made a commitment to hire someone to handle absenteeism in the district,” Beattie said.