Graduation Rates Plummet for Students Receiving Special Education Services

Graduation rates for students with IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) have gone from 95.77% in 2010 to 67.35% in 2019

Elmbrook talks a lot about excellence, but when community members have been looking at the numbers, it is far from. Graduation rates for students with IEPs (Individualized Education Programs) have gone from 95.77% in 2010 to 67.35% in 2019 (which is the most recent data from DPI as of January 2022).

A community member raised this to the Board on 1/18/22. At that meeting, Linda Boucher was the only Board member who tried to hold the administration accountable for declines in academic performance by not automatically renewing 2-year contracts for certain members of the District administration.

Glen Allgaier, Jean Lambert, Scott Wheeler and Jen Roskopf all voted to keep the same people in charge that are the architects of the academic proficiency declines for all students and declining graduation rates for students with special education services. (Board members Jian Sun and Mushir Hassan were absent.)

Superintendent Mark Hansen brought in ICS for Equity in 2012 and ICS’ Special Education review in 2013 said "Elmbrook will make a strong effort to serve all students in the schools and classroom they would attend if they did not have a disability." Their intent was to close achievement gaps, and it ended ability grouping. (Further info on ICS in previous posts.)

Seeing the results, why has the administration not reversed course?