Official Report Card: Lakewood Schools Earn ‘Continuous Improvement’
The release of the state report cards was delayed for a state investigation into whether some districts manipulated attendance data.
It took a while to get the grades, but the official marks for Lakewood City Schools are in: Continuous Improvement. The news isn’t much of a surprise to school officials, after they received word in September about the district’s progress. The release of the report cards was delayed for a state investigation into whether some districts manipulated attendance data. The available information released last year included the percentage of students who scored proficient or higher on state tests and the graduation rates for the 2011-2012 school year report card. The new information shows the district's final grade at “continuous improvement" for the 2011-12 school year. In September, district officials said they expected to drop from the “…
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12:40 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
This is not a recent development. I have lived in Lakewood for 25 years and this has been going on for as long as I have lived here. Lakewood has always been a community with affordable housing and good schools both of which are draws for immigrants. You seem to think this is a bad thing. At one time your ancestors were also immigrants. Unless you are descended from Native Americans. more ›