Hanson handles Learn as new dean of students

Robert Hanson joined the administration as the first dean of students.
He serves as a “resource” to manage attendance and academic performance.
When beginning the three year–long construction, manageability needed to be more “proactive” than “reactive.”
“When you have so many people, you have to be accountable of what students are doing,” Hanson said.
Hanson’s position is specifically geared towards the student population.
“I work with tardies, lateness to school, attendance,” Hanson said. “I also I have a schedule of kids with three or more D’s and F’s.”
This includes managing students during “Learn.” Hanson runs a database that sees where students are working and their corresponding grade performance, “reemphasizing” the need for students to sign-in to each classroom they go to.
But the position does not merely entail monitoring the students.
“We come up with individual plans and work one-on-one to try to get their grades up,” Hanson said.
Working with students is what Hanson has had practice with, from his various positions as a world history teacher, guidance counselor, and dean of students at Hayfield high school.
“We have kids that are high achieving, then you have the ones that are in the middle of the road who get left out,” Hanson said. “I believe every student should have a voice.”