Four Glendale elementary schools are 2004 Title 1 Academic
Achievement Award winners, state officials announced Tuesday.
Balboa, Columbus, Franklin and R.D. White elementary schools are
among 214 elementary, middle, high and charter schools selected to
receive the award.
The Title 1 Achieving Schools Award Program honors high-poverty,
high-achieving schools.
The federal Title 1 program benefits schools where at least 50% of
the student population is considered to be living at the poverty
level. Schools typically measure how many students are living in
poverty by the number of students who are registered for the
district's free and reduced-price lunch program.
Award-winning elementary schools had to attain a growth score of
729 out of a possible 1000 on the Academic Performance Index, which
is a school rating system based on state standardized tests.
Gary Moskowitz
