State: Thunder Bay Junior High School behind on special education student outcomes

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An indication marking Thunder Bay Junior Excessive Faculty in Alpena seems on Monday.

ALPENA — The Michigan Division of Training final week mentioned Thunder Bay Junior Excessive Faculty should work with the state to enhance pupil outcomes as a result of its college students with disabilities are underperforming, in line with state tips.

In response to the Michigan Faculty Index, launched final week based mostly on statistics from the 2021-2022 college yr, the junior excessive falls nicely under a threshold that locations it within the backside quarter of colleges in relation to the expansion and proficiency of its college students with disabilities.

The varsity additionally falls into the underside 25% of colleges when it comes to evaluation participation and faculty high quality and pupil success for these college students.

A college official answerable for Alpena Public Colleges curriculum, instruction, and evaluation couldn’t be reached for remark.

Michigan’s Each Pupil Succeeds Act requires that underperforming colleges create and implement a plan to enhance outcomes for college students within the space of concern.

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The Thunder Bay Junior Excessive Faculty constructing seems on Monday.

As a district with a faculty recognized for focused assist and enchancment, APS qualifies for Division of Training assist in creating, implementing, and monitoring an enchancment plan.

In response to the People with Disabilities Training Act, particular schooling can embody providers for college students with a selected studying incapacity, autism-spectrum dysfunction, emotional disturbance, speech, imaginative and prescient, or listening to impairment, mental incapacity, or different impairment.

The state defines pupil proficiency as college students reaching at or above a degree indicating they’re on observe for school and profession readiness.

The state’s college high quality and pupil success score contains evaluations of absenteeism, entry to arts and bodily schooling, college provision of superior coursework and profession and technical schooling, and post-high college enrollment.

No different Northeast Michigan college was named by the state as requiring focused assist based mostly on final yr’s information.

Julie Riddle might be reached at 989-358-5693, jriddle@thealpenanews.com or on Twitter @jriddleX.