AUSTIN – Commissioner Robert Scott today nominated 26 Texas public schools including two Golden Triangle schools for the 2011 Blue Ribbon Schools recognition The award honors schools for academic excellence and for significant progress in closing the achievement gap.
Named from Southeast Texas were
Beaumont ISD: Martin Elementary School (formerly Lucas Elementary School):Dr. Carrol Thomas, superintendent; Martha Fowler, principal,
Nederland ISD*: Hillcrest Elementary School: Robert Madding, superintendent; Karen Noble, principal.
Nederland ISD’s nomination was also a nomination for the district.
For the past 28 years, this prestigious program has honored more than 5,800 of America’s most successful schools, including almost 500 Texas schools. The Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools. The schools are selected based on one of two criteria:
• schools that dramatically improve student performance to high levels on state tests;
• schools whose students achieve in the top 10 percent of their state on state tests.
The nominated schools were recommended by an intra–agency committee that examined student achievement statistics for the more than 8,000 public school and charter campuses in the state. The schools selected have demonstrated success in closing the achievement gap and each school has an economically disadvantaged population of 40 percent or greater.
Schools nominated for the award serve as models of best practices for schools across the state.
The nominated schools will now complete a rigorous application process through the U.S. Department of Education. Announcements of the award winners will be made in September 2011.
Schools that receive the award are recognized at the Blue Ribbon School conference in Washington, D.C.
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