"Middle School is no longer at risk"

The Ohio Annual Yearly Progress Report (AYP) is a federally-required measure. Every school and district must meet AYP goals that are set for reading and mathematics proficiency, test participation, attendance rate, and graduation rate. Last year, the Granville Middle School failed to meet the reading proficiency standards and was placed in the "At Risk" category by the Ohio Department of Education. This year's report will not be available to the general public until the last week of August, but the school administration has received a preliminary copy.

AYP goals for the percentage proficient and the percentage of participating students are evaluated for each school and district, as well as each of 10 student groups within a school and district.

Failure to meet any of the proficiency or participation goals, attendance levels or graduation targets results in the district or school missing AYP and considered at risk.

The Ohio Department of Education report for the past year is not yet available on the ODE web site. However, the Granville school administration received a copy Friday morning.

Scott Emery, former Intermediate School Principal and now Director of Educational Operations, is preparing a report to be presented to the School Board at its regular meeting Monday.

According to school superintendent Scot Prebles, the "Middle School is no longer at risk."

Emery explained that his report is "...about the release of the Local Report Card (LRC) on August 26. I am giving the Board of Education a preview of what will be on Granville's report."

"Annual Yearly Progress will be part of the presentation since it is included on the LRC, but it is not the only topic. I am also discussing other aspects of the LRC such as the state academic indicators, the Performance Index score, and the new Value Added rating," Emery said.

"Although Scott [Emery] is still creating the report . . . I can tell you it will most likely be the best we've had in a while," Prebles told The Granville Press.

Had the Middle School missed the AYP a second year in a row, the school system would have been required to compile an improvement plan. Also, parents would have been notified of the reason for the school’s identification and explain how they can participate in upgrading the quality of the building.