THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 3, 1996 TAG: 9512300145
SECTION: ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN PAGE: 09 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Cover Story
SERIES: 1995: YEAR IN REVIEW
SOURCE: BY LINDA McNATT, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Short : 42 lines
Isle of Wight County schools in 1995 made several giant steps toward the future:
The old Carrsville Elementary School closed to make way for what will be the new Carrsville Elementary, in the fall of '96. Students from Carrsville were temporarily housed this year at Windsor Elementary.
The schools were accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The process involved months of evaluations, self-study, examinations and establishing school improvement plans.
The eight public schools joined about 90 percent of the high schools in the state and about 60 percent of the elementary and middle schools that are accredited by SACS, Superintendent Jane York said.
Isle of Wight County was one of the first school systems in the nation to go through SACS' new evaluation process for the association's excellence-in-education standards.
Block scheduling in the county's high schools had its one-year anniversary. The new way of attending longer classes apparently has won the approval of faculty members, students and administrators alike. The new schedules allow students to take more electives and to balance homework better, they say. MEMO: [For related stories, also see pages 6 and 8 of The Citizen for this
date.]
ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by MICHAEL KESTNER
Carrsville Elementary School closed. A new school will open this
year.
KEYWORDS: SCHOOLS EDUCATION by CNB