Principal reports Yukon High remediation and dropout figures, details interventions

The school presenter provided an annual college remediation and dropout report for Yukon High School, saying the data provided by the Oklahoma regent now include both public and private in-state institutions and, for the first time, some out-of-state enrollments. "In 2024 at any time during that year we had 286 graduates go into state public and private and then 36 students were out of state," the presenter said.

On remediation, the presenter said the new reporting separates developmental (zero-credit) placements from co-requisite placements. "When we talk about remediation, these remediation numbers are for freshmen entering college in the fall of 2024," the presenter said. The presenter reported no students in science remediation, one student in a developmental English course and six in English co-requisite placements. In math, the presenter said 25 students entered developmental math; the unduplicated totals were 28 students in developmental placements and 25 in co-requisite placements, which the presenter described as roughly 10% of graduates who enrolled in-state that fall.

The presenter outlined school and district interventions intended to reduce remediation and raise ACT performance. Those steps included expanded ACT preparation across grades 9–12 (offered daily or weekly in classes), a college-and-career math option for seniors, Solution Tree professional development for teachers, benchmark testing (noted in the transcript as "NWA Mess"), and a parent university event with a representative from the Oklahoma regent to help families interpret school reports. "We actually did it in grades 9 through 12. So we had a lot of training with our teachers and our students were actually getting daily ACT prep," the presenter said.

On dropout figures, the presenter said the report covers grades 9–12 for the prior school year and listed 29 students as dropouts. The presenter estimated total enrollment at roughly 2,800–2,900 students in that year and said dropout counts were highest in 10th and 11th grades. The presenter also described school strategies to re-engage students: advisory periods that keep students with the same teacher across years, a Reboot program for students failing multiple classes, coordination with an alternative school and credit-recovery options (including summer school). The presenter reported the district recovered about 192 credits last year through these efforts.

The report was presented as information; the transcript records questions and brief discussion but no formal votes or directives in the portions provided. The presenter closed by asking whether board members had questions; the transcript shows brief clarifying exchanges.