Case Study: High Stakes High School

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According to the case study (Appendix A) High Stakes High School (HSHS) is a low-income, underperforming urban high school in the Bronx, New York. School enrollment consists of Black (79%) and Latino (21%) students. Of the student body, 91% qualify for free or reduced lunch and 13% qualify as English Language Learners (ELL). Over the last decade, school performance has waned. The performance has coincided with troubling school-level trends such as increased absenteeism and suspensions, as well as, gang activity and violence. Aligning with instability at the district level, the school has had six different principals.
HSHS is located within a historically Black community with a tradition of involved, politically active community members. At