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Middle School experiences stunning reduction in discipline issues just 3 months into introduction of ‘Teach Like a Champion’ program BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — Disruptions and suspensions are dramatically lower and academic achievement is on the rise at Laconia Middle School thanks in large measure to the introduction of specific techniques the school has adopted from the Teach Like a Champion
program, according to administrators. Principal Jim McCollum told the School Board Tuesday night that in the three months that the program has been in effect there has been a 44-percent reduction in the most common incidents that result in students being sent to his office, including a 60-percent reduction in horseplay, a
29-percent decrease in insubordination, a 56-percent drop in classroom disruption and a 29-percent reduction in rude and discourteous behavior. Out of school suspensions are down 39-percent, in school suspensions have dropped by 37-percent, to the point where see MIDDLE SCHOOL page 12
LACONIA — Police arrested two teenagers as well as recovered three handguns and a stolen automobile yesterday following a spate of burglaries in Lakeport over the past several days. Sebastian Corneau, 17, of 31 Bay Street, Unit 3 refused bail and was held in the Belknap County House of Corrections see .357 page 8
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