Absentee rates among students and staff are low. The community is involved in the life of the school. There is an accepted, well understood approach to discipline. The suspension rate is low. Guidance is seen as a shared responsibility.
All students have the opportunity to succeed at something.
How Much is Learned Individual classrooms do not exist in a vacuum. What teachers do and how well they do it is affected by the leadership, the social environment, and the programming of the school as well as by their own skills and commitment. Just as young adolescents do not leave their concerns about physical growth and social changes at the school door, neither do they click on and off as they enter and leave classrooms. They experience the school as a whole. Spending six or seven hours a day in school, they have some of their most significant experiences and relationships there.