Four county schools recognized for excellence
September 22, 2006

Four local schools have been recognized for academic excellence with the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon award.

The schools are Newbury Park High School and Redwood Middle School in Thousand Oaks; Foothill Technology High School in Ventura, and Calabasas High School.

The schools are among 31 public schools statewide that will receive the award, which is given by the U.S. Department of Education.

Schools are recognized in two categories, both based on test scores. In the first, the school must fall into the top 10 percent of campuses statewide academically.

The second category measures improvement, as well as academic success. In that category, 40 percent of the schools students must qualify as disadvantaged.All four local schools fall into the first category