Inland schools among state's worst

03-09-2010

By Dayna Straehley/Riverside Press-Enterprise

Sixteen Inland schools made a list of the lowest performing campuses in the state, but officials said Monday they are working to reverse the trends. The schools are on the preliminary list of the bottom 5 percent in academic performance. The California Department of Education released the first-ever list on Monday. Each campus must choose one of four school improvement models required by state and federal law. Most of the schools are listed because of low test scores, but five were identified for low graduation rates. March Mountain High School, Moreno Valley Unified School District's continuation school for students lacking credits to graduate, is one campus with a low graduation rate, almost 46 percent, according to the department. Part of the problem is a significant number of foster homes in town and placement homes in for juvenile courts from outside Riverside County, Moreno Valley school board member Rick Sayre said by phone. Those students are often years behind in the credits they need to graduate, he said. (more...)

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