From the Philadelphia Daily News. This is the US DOE's Blue Ribbon School Award. One of the schools honored was St. John the Evangelist School in Morrisville.
Schools are selected based on one of two criteria: those with at least 40 percent of their students from low-income families that dramatically improve student performance to high levels on state tests; and those whose students, regardless of background, achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on standardized tests.
Feds honor 2 city schools for achievement
By MENSAH M. DEAN, Posted on Wed, Sep. 10, 2008
Two Philadelphia schools were among 320 schools nationwide that U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings yesterday named "2008 No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools."
Russell Conwell Middle School in Kensington and George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science in North Philly were among those honored for the high level of achievement of their students.
"These Blue Ribbon Schools are an example of what teachers and students can achieve," Spellings said in a statement. "Now our challenge is to help other schools follow their lead."
For the past 26 years, the federal award has been given to public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement.
Schools are selected based on one of two criteria: those with at least 40 percent of their students from low-income families that dramatically improve student performance to high levels on state tests; and those whose students, regardless of background, achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on standardized tests.
Other area schools honored are Chadds Ford Elementary School; St. Aloysius Academy, in Bryn Mawr; and St. John the Evangelist School in Morrisville, Bucks County.
Each schools' principal and a guest will be invited to Washington, D.C., for a ceremony Oct. 20-21 at which they will receive a plaque and flag signifying their Blue Ribbon status. *
Friday, September 12, 2008
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Technically, St. Jon the Evangelist School is in 19067 zip code, but is well within the "Pennsbury" borders, and outside the sphere of negative influence. It is just about 1/3 mile from Pennsbury's Charles Boehm Middle School. Congrats to them.
Speaking of 19067, now that he's a full-fledged school board member, has Jack Buckman moved to fix the "19067 funding formula problem" he's been mentioning for years?
This is the one where he's been claiming the formula shortchanges Morrisville of state funding because he thinks the calculations include higher-income earners who live in 19067 but not in Morrisville borough, thereby overestimating Morrisville's wealth and underestimating it's share of state funding.
Is this a real issue, or just another one of them mostly mythical things that people just keep bringing up over and over and over again whether the question was answered or not?
It has been a real issue in the past. It requires someone going through the annually published list of homes identified as being located within the school district. It must be done every year. Even if we fix it one year, they send us a flawed list with the same problems the following year. So, yes, it is a problem, BUT we always fix it so that it is never a financial issue, other than the staff time required for review.
So, it's not really a problem at all then, is it? So why does it get mentioned over and over again? I'm confused. If this is known, and it gets fixed every year, why is it an issue?
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