Sep. 18—EAU CLAIRE — Eau Claire's school board observed a presentation at Monday's meeting regarding high school grade point averages, and the data creates expectations for the future.

"ECASD will use GPA as a key performance indicator to measure the success of our system," said Mandy Van Vleet, executive director of teaching and learning.

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