Favorable Ruling For Schools Report

by Todd Silberman - August 18th, 2006 - News & Observer

RALEIGH — Most of the state's lowest-performing high schools won a favorable ruling today from a state judge who has threatened to close them unless they took aggressive steps to improve student achievement.

With just a week left before the first day of school in most districts, Judge Howard Manning Jr. said that he was generally satisfied with a report from a state high school official, who testified that most of the low-scoring schools would be starting the new term with able principals and well-crafted plans for improvement.

The only exception noted in the report is Hertford County, which appears to be the only County that Manning is not pleased with. It will be interesting to see what happens next. Clearly Bertie County High School at least has plans that the Judge is satisfied with (if not results). We encourage the school staff to make the plan become reality. Our children deserve it.