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Mesa schools graded after 2-year hiatus BY SCOTT SHUMAKER Tribune Staff Writer
NEWS................... 10 Construction trades woo thousands of high schoolers.
COMMUNITY...... 14 Bull riding comes with a lot of broken bones and big rewards.
SPORTS................ 26 Red Mountain and Mountain View score in cross country. COMMUNITY .............................. 14 BUSINESS ................................... 19 OPINION ..................................... 23 SPORTS ...................................... 26 GET OUT ...................................... 31 CLASSIFIED ............................... 34 ZONE 2
Sunday, November 20, 2022
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he Arizona Department of Education’s recently preliminary letter grades for individual Mesa district and charter schools include both successes and areas for improvement. Letter grades for the 2021-2022 school year are the first in two years issued for Arizona schools because of the pandemic disruption. Schools had until Nov. 15 to appeal the
grade and the State Board of Education will them Dec. 9. Out of the 105 Mesa schools identified in the 2022 data, those with an A or “excellent” are 22%; B, “highly performing,” 37%’ C, “performing,” 35%’ D, “minimally performing,” 6%. No schools got an F. This compares favorably with the distribution of grades across the entire state. Mesa showed a lower proportion of D and F schools than average and a higher proportion of A and C schools.
Federal law requires states to measure schools’ performance using objective indicators, and since 2010, Arizona state law has required schools to receive a letter grade corresponding to those performance measures. Grading schools is more complicated than scoring a multiple-choice test. Depending on whether a school serves Kindergarten through eighth grade, high
see GRADES page 6
It's time to get merry on Main Street BY SCOTT SHUMAKER AND ALEX GALLAGHER Tribune Staff Writers
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he weather forecast looks fine in the East Valley for next week, but there’s a strong chance of holiday cheer appearing on Main Street starting Friday. Watch for ice in the Mesa City Plaza and consider donning gay apparel before leaving the house. Mesa’s 40-day downtown holiday celebration Merry Main Street kicks off at 5 p.m. Nov. 25 with music by the Mesa City Band at the big Christmas tree at Main Street and Macdonald.
Workers last week were busy installing refrigerant piping for the Plaza at Mesa City Center holiday ice
see MERRY page 3 skating rink that is one of the features of Merry Main Street. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
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