WTES receives special recognition

April 26, 2011

West Texas Elementary has yet again been recognized by the Division of NCLB Program Coordination at the Texas Education Agency for outstanding academic performance and received A Distinguished Progress and Distinguished Performance Awards for 2010-2011.
Garey Dozier, principal of WTES, stated that since 1998, the school has received this award 12 times.
In order for a school to get this type of recognition it has to have done the following:
•Maintained a campus residing population of 40% or more low-income in 2010-2011
•Met AYP in 2009 and 2010
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2010 of Exemplary
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2009 of either Exemplary or Recognized
•Achieved a campus rating in Spring 2008 of either Exemplary or Recognized.
•90 percent of students in all area must have passed Language Arts, Reading, Math, and Science.