Medical Lake Middle School working its way out of Focus status

Medical Lake Middle School is in its third — and hopefully final — year of being designated as a “Focus” school.

The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction classified the middle school as “Focus” status in 2014 because test scores in special education reading and math fell below 13.82 percent, which is the threshold subgroup performance average for three-year schools.

Since 2014, principal Sylvia Campbell and her staff have used the “Focus” designation as an opportunity to help not only special education students, but everyone who attends MLMS.

Campbell said one of the...

 

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