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Four Clarke County schools recognized by state for improvement and performance

Nicole Jordan

Four Clarke County schools have been recognized for their performance by the state.

Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary School (formerly Chase Street Elementary) has been named a 2023 Title I Distinguished School and Title I Reward School by the Georgia Department of Education while Fowler Drive, J J Harris, and Winterville elementary schools were named Title I Reward Schools.

Distinguished Schools are among the highest-performing 5% of Title I Schoolwide and Title I Targeted Assistance schools based on the combined English Language Arts and math content mastery scores.

Reward Schools are among the greatest-improving 5% of Title I Schoolwide and Title I Targeted Assistance schools when comparing the content mastery scores from the most recent two years of statewide assessments.

Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.
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