Local Schools Come Out on Top in Oregon’s Report CardBend-La Pine Schools tops large district list with 93 percent of schools receiving top marks. Bend-La Pine Schools’ effort to educate every student is paying dividends, according to results released in the Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) Report Card. ODE gave 26 of the district’s 28 schools its top ratings – Level 4 and Level 5.
Five schools, Amity Creek, Buckingham, High Lakes, Three Rivers, William E Miller elementary schools, earned the state’s highest mark and were considered to be among the top 10 percent in the state.
“Our results are the product of the hard work of fantastic teachers, administrators, and support staff who have focused diligently over the past decade on continuous improvement,” said Bend-La Pine Schools Superintendent Ron Wilkinson.
“Our students are to be commended for taking advantage of opportunities to stretch themselves to succeed,” he said. “And our parents and community members deserve a big pat on the back for their continued support of the great work taking place here. We are all in this together.”
Wilkinson said the decision to incorporate School Improvement Wednesdays into Bend-La Pine Schools’ way of doing business a number of years ago was probably the single most significant factor contributing to the success today.
“School Improvement Wednesdays have provided us a consistent time for continuing professional development, teacher collaboration, gaining understanding and implementing systems like EBIS, and the deeper dives into the data to figure our what we need to do to meet the needs each child.”
Wilkinson added that today’s results are especially poignant, “I feel good that I can look any person in the community in the eye and feel confident in assuring them that it would make no difference which of our schools their child attended, because every single school is outstanding – I am proud to say that all of our students are receiving great educations.”
School and district report cards are available on the ODE website at: www.ode.state.or.us/data/reportcard/reports.aspx
