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Missouri State Representative, Maynard Wallace was on hand on Friday morning at Kirbyville Middle School for a districtwide assembly to present a House Resolution honoring the Kirbyville School District for qualifying for the state's Distinction in Performance award for the 2007-08 school year. Representative Wallace addressed the entire student body and faculty complimenting them for their hard work and dedication towards educational excellence. He explained that their high MAP scores and high attendance rate were the reason the school had earned the award. He also attributed the school's success to the cooperative efforts of not only the students, but the entire faculty, staff, families and community. He said that he is proud that Kirbyville is one of the schools in his legislative district and that Kirbyville has a great reputation statewide.
Kirbyville R-VI School District was one of over 300 Missouri school districts that qualified for the state’s “Distinction in Performance” award on the basis of their academic achievements and progress during the last school year. In all, 330 school districts – compared to 295 last year – earned the coveted award, which is presented annually by the state education department. Of this year’s recipients, 278 are K-12 districts; 52 are K-8 districts. There are 523 public school districts in the state.
To qualify for the award this year, K-8 districts had to meet 6 of the 7 performance standards that apply to these districts, including all of those based on the results of MAP tests. Kirbyville met all seven. Under the state’s accreditation program, each school district is evaluated at least once every five years. Since it is based on the same standards as the accreditation program, the Distinction in Performance award provides an annual confirmation of a district’s status and state-level recognition of its overall performance.
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