HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – More Holland-area students are graduating on time. At Holland High graduation rates have remained at 93 percent for the past three years. Principle Deb Feenstra says the dropout rate has fallen as well.
Feenstra says they have adopted a targeted approach to keep students on track by having counselors meet with students twice a year, check the students’ credits and look at every failure to see the cause.
Kent Henson, assistant superintendent of Instructional Services at West Ottawa says he and his staff have worked to implement change which has carried on. Currently their graduation rate is at 93.67 percent up from the previous years.
