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Petersburg schools fall short

By Staff Reports
Published: September 25, 2008
Updated: October 1, 2008

In a year in which a record 95 percent of Virginia's public schools achieved full accreditation, Petersburg City Public Schools took a step backward. Only one of its schools achieved full accreditation this year, compared with two last year. Among the results:

Five of Petersburg's seven schools were denied accreditation for the current school year based on low student achievement on last year's Standards of Learning tests.

Walnut Hill Elementary School was accredited with warning in English after being fully accredited last year.

Robert E. Lee Elementary School attained full accreditation for the second straight year.

The Virginia Board of Education first placed Petersburg's school system on division-level review in 2004. The state board requested yesterday that Petersburg move forward with a plan to provide an independently managed middle school program for the 2009-10 school year as well as report quarterly to the state board with data on student achievement and teacher quality.

-- Jeremy Slayton

Petersburg schools fall short

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