Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
At-risk students are a growing group in public education who, by definition, are not expected to meet school goals and need additional support to be successful. These students often have poor school attendance, low academic performance, high deviant behavior rates, and increased levels of substance abuse. Not only are public schools failing to prepare at-risk students for a successful future, but these students also bring their troubles to school and negatively impact other students, further hurting education and communities. This school improvement plan is designed to create a system of interventions to correct this downward trend for current at-risk students, as well as identify effective practices that can be implemented throughout the district to inhibit development of at-risk traits, thereby lowering the number of at-risk students in the future.