10 LOCAL TITLE I SCHOOLS TO BE HONORED FOR PROGRESS.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Ten schools in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and surrounding communities will be honored for making great gains on the state's Academic Performance Index, officials announced Monday. The schools are among 115 statewide that have been designated Title I Achieving Schools because their students made significant progress toward meeting or exceeding the state's curriculum standards. This is the first year the federal No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), commonly known as NCLB (IPA: /ˈnɪkəlbiː/), is a United States federal law that was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001 will provide financial incentives to high-performing Title 1 schools, though the amount offered has not been announced. Title I is a federal education program that provides additional funding to schools with large groups of low-income children. The Valley schools are: Cantara Street Elementary in Reseda, Canterbury Avenue Elementary in Pacoima, Plainview Avenue Elementary in Tujunga and Saticoy Elementary in North Hollywood. Elsewhere in the area: Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Elementary, Glendale; Franklin Elementary, Glendale; Muir Elementary, Glendale; Disney Elementary, Burbank; Mint Canyon Community Elementary, Canyon Country; and Rose Avenue Elementary, Oxnard, also won the award. The schools will receive plaques plaques, n.pl 1. brain lesions found within the vacant areas between nerve cells. 2. deposits of cholesterol in artery walls that characterize arteriosclerosis. at the annual Title I Achieving Schools Conference, May 12-14, in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . |
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