Three Santa Ana schools among state’s lowest achieving

By Gretchen Meier, OCLNN

Three Orange County schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District were named on the state’s preliminary list of 188 public schools identified as the persistently lowest-achieving.

Century High, Valley High and Willard Intermediate are on the list that is subject to approval by the State Board of Education on March 11. After Thursday, the three OC schools must “engage in a school intervention model as required by state and federal law,” according to a release from state superintendent of public instruction Jack O’Connell.

“This is an opportunity to make dramatic changes at chronically under-performing schools,” O’Connell said. “The intervention choices provide an opportunity to make systemic changes that improve teaching and learning. As a result, we will help prepare thousands of students for a brighter future.”

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