Gordon County Schools’ Director of School Improvement Tracy Wilson stated that an appeal was made on behalf of Sonoraville Middle School for the State to come in and look at an error in student information before making a final determination.
“According to the AYP release this week, Sonoraville Middle School’s appeal did not receive approval. However, the school did not wait and implemented a plan in August to improve student achievement for the small percent of students that are struggling,” Wilson said.
“Because of the excellent staff and administrators at SMS, we are confident that their hard work will result in improvements when the 2010 AYP reports are released next year,” she said.
Gordon Central High School met all AYP requirements except Reading for 11th grade students. Although retests were counted for students who did not pass the GHSGT, the school did not meet AYP in that area.
“As a school, we can’t help but feel disappointment that we met six of the seven AYP indicators,” said Marc Feuerbach, Gordon Central High School assistant principal.
“However, we can’t overlook the progress that was made and the effort put forth by our teachers and students. We have evaluated our data, celebrated our gains, and created a plan to address our needs,” he said.
Gordon Central High School Principal Holland said they are extremely pleased with graduation gains. “This year’s rate was 6.8% higher than the 2008 rate and has increased 32.1% since 2003, something we proudly celebrate. Every staff member is working diligently to encourage students to stay in school and to provide the support they need to be successful. We appreciate our Board of Education for funding the graduation coach position and our parents and community for supporting our efforts to make education and graduation top priorities,” she said.
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