Statewide TAKS Scores Show Weak 9th Grade Reading and Math
Districtwide TAKS results released reveal no junior high campus surpassing 90 percent passing. Highest rates were 86 percent in seventh grade writing and ninth grade reading, with eighth grade science at about 59 percent, down from 64 percent a year earlier. Summer school will be required for those who failed, as scores are tabulated for public release.
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Casey Foran
Fourth Grade Science Day Dissections Highlight Grants
Amy Pattares and Joselyn Lopez dissect a cow eye during a Science Spectrum program in Lubbock funded by No Scientist Left Behind through the Education Foundation. The district shows mixed TAKS gains with ninth grade math up to 73 percent and overall math improvements amid accountability changes.
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Amy Pattares
Joselyn Lopez
Science Spectrum
Lubbock
No Scientist Left
The
Education Foundation
Fifth Grade TAKS Pass Rates by Campus 2007 vs 2006
The report compares first administration pass percentages of fifth grade math TAKS by campus. Gale Pond Alamo shows 83.92 percent in 2007 versus 88 percent in 2006, while Austin shows 88.7 percent in 2007 and Burleson 88 percent in 2007 compared to 77 percent in 2006.
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Burleson
Motivational Run Aims to Aid Jeremy Bader Recovery
Terri Bader describes Jeremy’s uncertain future and rehab needs. A homebound teacher provides four hours weekly calculus and subjects. Rev. David Johnson plans a 62 mile run to raise funds for medical treatment and a possible new van, praising Jeremy as a great, motivated young man.
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Jeremy
David
Johnson
Central Baptist Church
New Mexico
West Odessa
Don Bader
Seminole ISD Bond Plan Seeks Major Facility Upgrades
ODESSA AMERICAN reports Seminole Independent School District proposes a bond package totaling about 80 million dollars to fund a new junior high and primary school, renovate the old junior high and Fr Young Elementary, expand the high school arts wing, upgrade athletics facilities including turf and courts, expand the kitchen, modernize technology, replace buses, and reclassify operating expenses to be paid from bond funds.
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Fr. Young Elementary
Redo Elementary
Odessa American
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