3-21-06 Here are the API test results were 04-05 showing the continual failure of Vasquez high school. The performance of a high school is the primary reason that about half of the parents take their kids out of the Acton District when they reach high school age.
The high school leaders must accept responsibility and stop their constant pandering to sports or else they will consider losing the brightest and best kids to Home schooling land private schooling.
| API | Met Growth Target | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2004-05 | Comparable | Both | |||||
| School Type for | Percent | 2005 | 2004 | Growth | 2004-05 | School- | Improve- | Schoolwide |
| 2004 API Base | Tested | Growth | Base | Target | Growth | wide | ment (CI) | and CI |
| ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED | 99 | 738 | 729 | D | 9 | |||
| Elementary Schools | ||||||||
| Agua Dulce Elementary | 99 | 765 | 743 | 3 | 22 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meadowlark Elementary | 99 | 803 | 765* | 2 | 38 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Middle Schools | ||||||||
| High Desert | 99 | 767 | 757 | 2 | 10 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| High Schools | ||||||||
| Vasquez High | 98 | 641 | 637 | 8 | 4 | No | No | No |