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Nine Harrison County schools were recently notified by the State Department of Education that they had met the criteria to be named Title I Distinguished schools. In order to qualify for this designation, these nine elementary schools must have met the state accreditation standards for the last three years, as well as the federal No Child Left Behind accountability standards for the required subgroups, In addition, the schools must have scored in the 50th percentile in standardized tests in both reading and mathematics for the past three years. They also must have been Title I schools for the past three years.
The schools and their principals are: Van Horn Elementary, Freda Perkins; Norwood Elementary, Dr. Ben Guido; Lumberport Elementary, Ricky San Julian; Lost Creek Elementary, Dora Stutler; Harden Elementary, Frank Marino; Adamston Elementary, James Eakle; Wilsonburg Elementary, Rosalee Dolan; North View Elementary, Richard Skinner, and West Milford Elementary, Patricia Kinney.
The schools and their principals were recognized at the Board of Education meeting on Dec. 5, 2007. Shown with Board President Wilson Currey and Superintendent Dr. Carl Friebel Jr., back row center and right, are, first row, Perkins, San Julian, Stutler and Marino; second row, Eakle, Kinney, Guido and Dolan; last row on left, Skinner.
