At the school board meeting last night Mrs. Janice Price, principal, Kraus Middle School was presented with the OEP awards. Congratulations Kraus on your accomplishment! Kraus Middle has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school that is Beating the Odds, because students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire even though the school serves a high percentage of students who participate in Free and Reduced Lunch! As you may know, the OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards, and this year we are recognizing schools with high student growth. We think growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that your school is having on students. In the "Beating the Odds" report, Kraus Middle School received the following awards: Statewide "Beating the Odds" Math Growth: Middle Level "Beating the Odds" Math Growth: Middle Level (Northwest Region) Awards are based on the 2018 content growth score calculated by the Arkansas Department of Education. These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2017 compared to how much they were expected to grow considering prior achievement. We recognize schools based on Overall growth, as well as for growth in Math and English Language Arts separately. Again, congratulations on "Beating the Odds"!!

Thank you Governor Hutchinson for taking the time to visit our school today. The Governor spoke to our Crises Response Team and to our high school students.