First the Good news

Duluth’s Laura MacArthur Elementary and Proctor’s Bay View Elementary will receive in total over the next three years $1.3 million and $1.7 million, respectively, to do things such as hire more teachers and support staff and pay for teacher development.

Then the Bad news:

The schools were labeled “priority schools” by the Minnesota Department of Education, which means they are among the 5 percent lowest-performing schools in the state for student achievement.

When I was on the School Board Laura MacArthur was a school that ranked poorly but I don’t think it ever descended much below the 30th percentile in Minnesota elementary school performance. 5 percent is hideous.

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