Wake schools rethink graduation rate goal
Published: Thu, Nov. 13, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Thu, Nov. 13, 2008 02:48AM
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closeThe Wake County school board is considering whether the district's new academic goal should be for every student to finish high school.
Board members had originally been looking at a goal of having a graduation rate of 95 percent by 2015. But board members are now leaning toward a 100 percent goal because they say that setting it lower would give the impression that they're giving up on some students graduating.
Wake's current graduation rate is 78.8 percent, above the state average of 70.2 percent.
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As part of the new goal, Wake would want all student groups to show high academic growth on state exams.
The school board will next discuss the new goal from 9 a.m. to noon Monday. The location for the meeting has not been set.
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