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VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Visalia Unified's State of the District honored much than six decades of accomplishment connected Thursday, including highlighting large pupil achievements.
"We person implicit 13,500 students benefitting from extended learning opportunities with 16 antithetic assemblage partners helping these students widen and grow their learning beyond the schoolhouse day," Superintendent Kirk Shrum said.
Shrum says achievements see a 92% graduation complaint and implicit 300 students successful internships.
Academic scores from the caller California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) authorities appraisal besides proceed to improve.
"These numbers correspond much than progress. They correspond partnership. Learning doesn't hap successful isolation. It thrives erstwhile students are empowered, families are engaged, and communities are connected," Shrum said.
He says the occurrence stems from upgrades to classrooms, including lighting and machine systems.
"When we absorption connected our spaces and erstwhile we absorption connected making them modernized and that you locomotion into them and kids consciousness bully astir being there," Shrum said.
Shrum says the enactment is not over.
Through research, plan and monitoring improvements, the territory presents a five-year strategical program called "Visalia Forward 2030."
"Our schoolhouse committee is committed to transparency and accountability by mounting ambitious five-year goals for our pupil precedence outcomes," Shrum said.
Board President Joy Naylor praises the district's work, sharing however it made a lasting interaction connected her son.
"One of my sons was astatine San Jose State and helium was successful a penning people and the teacher got up and held his insubstantial and said, 'now this is what bully penning looks like.' Thank you. Visalia Unified teachers," Naylor said.
To enactment updated on "Visalia Forward 2030," click here.
