For Immediate Release
January 12, 2010
Contact:
Cass Cannon
Community Relations Specialist
Charlottesville City Schools
434-245-2962
Cass Cannon@ccs.k12.va.us
Media Release
Four Charlottesville City Schools Earn State VIP Recognition
Charlottesville City Schools were represented in every award category of the 2010 Virginia Index of Performance (VIP) incentive program created in 2007 to advance Governor Kaine’s “competence to excellence” agenda promoting advanced learning and achievement. Four City schools made the grade.
Greenbrier Elementary School was among the 153 schools earning the Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence, the highest honor. Greenbrier also was named a 2009 National Blue Ribbon School and received the award personally during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in October. It is among 314 schools that were selected this year, using standards of excellence evidenced by student achievement measures and characteristics known from research to exemplify school quality.
Burnley-Moran Elementary and Venable Elementary schools were among fifteen school divisions and 288 schools that earned the Board of Education’s Excellence Award, the second-tier honor in the VIP program. These schools and divisions also have met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by Governor Kaine and the board.
Seventeen school divisions and 281 schools earned the Board of Education’s Competence to Excellence Award, including Johnson Elementary School. This award recognizes schools and divisions that have met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward VIP objectives.
A list of all schools and school divisions earning Virginia Index of Performance Awards is available on the Virginia Department of Education Web site at www.doe.virginia.gov.
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