Wed, Nov 25 2009
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State issues report cards on Ashtabula County schools From staff reportsStar Beacon The Conneaut Area City School District met 18 of the 30 indicators, good for an “effective” rating, according to the ODE report card.
Conneaut High School earned its fourth straight “excellent” rating from the state. Conneaut Middle School and Lakeshore Primary School received “effective ratings,” while Gateway Elementary School was given a “continuous improvement” mark, according to the ODE Web site. “The middle school showed very good improvement, while the high school has sustained its record of excellent ratings,” said Superintendent Kent Houston. “I’m real proud of the middle school.” Houston said he expects better results next year. Buckeye Local School District met 23 of 30 indicators, earning it an “effective” rating. That’s pretty much on track with last year’s scores, according to the Ohio Department of Education Web site. “To be honest, we were hoping to be ‘excellent.’ That was our goal,” Superintendent Nancy Williams said. “But we did increase scores in third- and sixth-grade reading. … We’ll keep working.” All six schools in the district earned “effective” ratings. Geneva Area City Schools overall received a “continuous improvement” rating with 22 out of 30 standards having been met. “The big news is in our high school which got an ‘excellent’ rating,” said Mary Zappitelli, superintendent of Geneva schools. “The high school got 11 out of their 12 indicators; we are very pleased.” The progress of the other individual schools in the Geneva district varied, but overall the district made some gains, she said. “We are going to take the results, study the data and make plans to move forward this year,” Zappitelli said. Grand Valley School District’s Superintendent William Nye said he was elated that the district achieved 24 out of 30 ODE indicators. GV High School was given an “excellent” rating, along with the district’s elementary school. “Our middle school was given an ‘effective’ rating. The indicators are based partly on daily attendance, test scores in all grade levels, our graduation rate and the numbers of seniors passing the Ohio Graduation Test. We have a hardworking staff at Grand Valley of which I’m proud,” Nye said. “We want to make our school fun and educational for students. One goal I have is to get more parents involved in the school and what is happening,” Nye said. 
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