Winamac High School’s graduation rate remains strong, but there may be some challenges ahead. Superintendent Dan Foster shared the latest figures with the Eastern Pulaski School Board last week. “State average was 87.2 [percent], and WCHS was above the state average again, 92.4 percent for 2017,” he said, “so obviously, very good and congratulations.”
But he warned that changes to graduation requirements could impact those numbers in the future. “Graduation rates statewide could see the big plummets next year, when the General Diploma is no longer recognized as a diploma. And we have some special circumstances, some learning resources students that, as good as kids they are and they’ll try as hard as they can, they may not, academically be fit for an academic, Core 40 program, and so now, they have no diploma.”
Foster assured board members that school officials will continue to do their best to monitor the situation and make adjustments.
