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June 18, 2009
Lee County Public Schools is an “A” District More “A” Schools Than Ever Before
The Florida Department of Education
released the school-by-school grades for
the 2008/09 school year and Lee County
Public Schools continues to see academic
achievement increase.
“The results
released today show that we continue to
make tremendous strides in certain
areas, and I am so proud of our
students, parents, faculty and staff,”
said Dr. James Browder, Superintendent
of Schools. “We’re very pleased to see
so many schools reach the “A” level, but
this year’s results also show we have
more work to do – and we’re ready to do
it.”
The District achieved another
historic milestone – for the first time,
Lee County Public Schools earned an “A”
grade as a district (earning 538
points.) Districts are graded using the
same criteria used to grade schools.
“Everyone in the District and community
should be proud of our District earning
an “A” grade – it’s an outstanding
accomplishment and I give all the credit
to our students, teachers, principals
and schools,” Dr. Browder said.
Out of
the 88 schools receiving a grade, 71
received an “A” or “B” – that’s
81 percent, as compared to the
overall state percentage of 78 percent.
This year, 60 schools in Lee County
achieved an “A” grade – the highest
number in the history of the District
(13 more than last year and a whopping
51 more than in 1999, the first year of
school grading.)
Number of
Schools by Grade Earned
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
|
A |
19 |
17 |
22 |
28 |
33 |
35 |
38 |
40 |
47 |
60 |
|
B |
8 |
8 |
20 |
20 |
12 |
13 |
23 |
18 |
27 |
11 |
|
C |
30 |
31 |
13 |
10 |
16 |
13 |
15 |
18 |
10 |
14 |
|
D |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
F |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2008/09 scores at-a-glance:
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71 schools (81%) graded earned an “A” or
“B;”
-
12 schools increased one grade level; 2
schools increased two grade levels, jumping
from a “C” to an “A”;
-
No schools earned an “F” grade – four
consecutive years.
“We’re going to look at why some of our
schools saw their grades drop this year,
and we’ll take a critical look at our
high school performance as well,” Dr.
Browder said. “Moving to the 4x4
alternating block schedule would allow additional time for high
schools students to receive reading,
writing and math instruction – which we
believe will help increase student
achievement.”
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