7 Bethlehem Area Schools on List of State's Worst
Broughal Middle School and 6 elementary schools in Department of Education's bottom 15 percent. School director challenges validity of results.
Seven Bethlehem Area schools, including six elementary schools and Broughal Middle School, were included last week on a Pennsylvania Department of Education list of low-achieving schools. In all, 414 schools were included – all of them scoring among the bottom 15 percent of public schools in math and reading standardized tests. The Bethlehem Area elementary schools making the list are: Under Pennsylvania Act 85, students who live within the affected schools’ attendance areas — and whose families meet income guidelines — can apply for scholarships of up to $8,500, or up to $15,000 for special education students, to go to school elsewhere. Bethlehem Area Superintendent Joseph J. Roy told The Express-Times that he was shocked at the schools…
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Jenny Estok
5:28 pm on Saturday, October 13, 2012
There will always be a fifteen percent....logically speaking.....and they met goal. more ›