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The Orange County Department of Education announced 9 elementary schools across the county exited Program Improvement.
In California, Program Improvement refers to schools and local education agencies who receive money under the Title I program, and fail to make progress towards state proficiency goals for two consecutive years. The school and the local education agency are then subject to corrective action measures. Corrective action measures include strategies such as free tutoring for students, more training for teachers, technical assistance for the administration, and getting parents actively involved.
Schools in Program Improvement tend to be larger, located in urban settings, have more English language learners, students with disabilities, and students who are socio-economically disadvantaged.
For instance, Washington Elementary school in the Santa Ana Unified School District has 1,100 students. Of those students, 94% are Hispanic, 84% receive free and reduced breakfast or lunch, and 81% are listed as limited English proficiency. Washington Elementary is one of the nine schools to exit Program Improvement.
But not every school that enters Program Improvement holds to those statistics. Glen Yermo Elementary school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District has just 515 students. Of those, 41% are listed as low-income, and 37% are English language learners. Glen Yermo Elementary also exited Program Improvement this year.
Santa Ana Unified School District had the most success with six elementary schools exiting the program. The six elementary schools are: Andrew Jackson, Martin, Washington, Remington, Heninger, and King.
Capistrano Unified School District exited Kinoshita; Placentia Yorba Unified School District exited Melrose, and Saddleback Valley Unified School District exited Glen Yermo.
To find out if your school is in Program Improvement, the California Department of Education has provided the public with the Academic Performance Index scores for every school in the state.
Since less than 5% of all schools who enter Program Improvement ever exit, this is an enormous accomplishment for each of the nine elementary schools. The staff, students, and parents at each school are to be commended.
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