Congratulations to Lakewood Elementary, one of 26 schools named a 2008 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School. This puts them officially on the (relatively) short list of Texas’ academically superior schools (The two other DISD schools awarded were Ben Milam Elementary and the School of Business and Management at Yvonne A. Ewell, Townview Center).
Blue Ribbon schools are recognized based on one of two conditions — either 40 percent of students from disadvantaged backgrounds experience dramatic improvement on state tests over a three-year period, or all students placed in the top 10 percent on state tests.
I put in a call to principal Michelle Thompson for a comment, but she’s pretty busy running her academically awesome school. Hopefully, we’ll hear back from her shortly.
