MWP-ISD School District Earns Highest Possible Rating
    By Staff Writers ~~ The Monahans News, April 3, 2008

At the Wednesday, March 26th MWP-ISD school board meeting, Superintendent Keith Richardson told the board that the district earned accredited status.

"A new accountability item by the state now ranks every single school district and tells them if they have achieved the accredited status,"  Richardson said.

"It is the highest rating a school district can get, and the accreditation status gives taxpayers a quick indication of how well a school district is education children and managing money."

Under this new system, the status categories for districts are accredited, accredited-warned, accredited-probation and not accredited-revoked.

Once a district receives a not accredited-revoked status, it is no longer a Texas public school district.

"The vast majority of Texas school districts earned full accreditation status because they are doing a good job serving their students and handling the public's money,"  Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott said.

The new system was authorized by the Texas Legislature in 2006 to reflect broad-based district performance related to academic, financial and compliance issues.

Keyed by Evan Heminway, Senior 2008