Sacramento schools added to low-performing list; others removed
By Diana Lambert/Sacramento Bee
Encina Preparatory High School in Sacramento and Highlands Academy of Arts and and Design in North Highlands were added to the state's list of persistently lowest-performing schools Wednesday. And Natomas High School and Woodland High School were dropped off. The changes came as California Department of Education officials tweaked the list using new criteria they plan to recommend the state school board approve today. The changes allow the state to add more low-performing low-income schools that didn't make it into the bottom 5 percent and to remove some higher performers from the list of secondary schools that don't get extra money for teaching low-income students. (more...)