LISD Campuses Honored as Distinguished Performance Schools
Posted/updated on: May 5, 2011 at 2:39 am
LINDALE — Lindale ISD’s E.J. Moss Intermediate School and Lindale Junior High School were recognized as Title 1 Distinguished Performance Schools on Tuesday at the Region 7 Education Service Center in Kilgore. District and school administrators, along with several teachers, were presented a certificate from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) during a special ceremony. The distinction is awarded through the No Child Left Behind Program of the TEA. This is the second consecutive year E.J. Moss has received the honor and the first time for Lindale Junior High School.
Title 1 schools receive federal funding to meet the needs of at-risk and low income students. To be named a Distinguished Performance School, both campuses achieved a rating of Exemplary from the TEA during the spring of 2010 and a rating of either Exemplary or Recognized during spring 2009 and spring 2008. E.J. Moss was rated Recognized in 2008 and Exemplary in 2009 and 2010. Lindale Junior High School was Recognized in 2008 and 2009, and Exemplary in 2010.
A Distinguished Performance School must also serve a student population of 40% or more low-income students during the 2010-2011 school year. The campuses also met the criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2009 and 2010.
