Two Northside schools are some of the “least affluent”
The RTD posted this data set listing the schools with the highest percentage of Free and Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) correlated with principal salary. Two Northside schools make the top 25.
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Testing “irregularities” at Ginter Park Elementary
From the RTD: Officials said they believe the results of a multiple-choice portion of writing tests of 17 eighth-grade students at Elkhardt Middle and perhaps those of all 70 fifth-grade students at Ginter Park Elementary may have been compromised. Students at Ginter Park retook their SOL’s last Thursday.
100% of Richmond Schools are accredited
Woo! Yesterday the Virginia Department of Education released the 2010-2011 SOL and accreditation data (in a terrible format). Thanks to RVANews you can see that full data set as a Google Spreadsheet. Big thank you’s to the staff (and students!) at Linwood Holton, Stuart, Ginter Park, Henderson, John Marshall, and Richmond Community.
UR women’s basketball team will continue Northside involvement
A couple months ago we ran a story about the UR women’s basketball team’s involvement with Ginter Park elementary. The school year is coming to an end, but the Spiders will continue this program next year. They’ve got a gallery up with some pictures of the team at Ginter Park. You can also read more [...]
UR continues to grow its relationship with the Northside
The RTD has a great profile up on some of the UR women’s basketball players (and coaches) who take an hour each week and spend it with the second and third grade classes of Ginter Park Elementary. bq. Thirteen players and their team manager, Robert Drewry, have been mentors this school year to secondand third-graders [...]
