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Spike In Core Subject Failing Rates For Easton Area Students, District Officials Say Spike In Core Subject Failing Rates For Easton Area Students, District Officials Say
Spike In Core Subject Failing Rates For Easton Area Students, District Officials Say A higher rate of Easton Area middle and high school students are failing core subjects than in previous school years, district officials said. Seventeen percent of students at Easton Area Middle School were failing at least two subjects in the first quarter alone, according to a Tuesday Board of Education announcement from Director of Secondary Education Michael Koch. Just 6 percent of students were failing at the same time last year, Koch said. Meanwhile, the high school’s first quarter failure rate has tripled to 12 percent, up from 4 percent last year, Koch said. Both schools have been…

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by Valerie Musson