10 Area School Districts to Get Funding to Boost Programs

AUSTIN � The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has identified Title I schools and charters eligible for additional federal funding to strengthen performance on its campuses, and a number of those schools are in Kilgore-based Region VII. According to KETK, the identification is a component of the state�s conditional waiver from the U.S. Department of Education to specific provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), commonly known as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.

Region VII Priority Schools:
PALESTINE ISD ( PALESTINE HIGH SCHOOL )
MARSHALL ISD ( G.W. CARVER ELEMENTARY, CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, J.H. MOORE ELEMENTARY )
NACOGDOCHES ISD ( EMELINE CARPENTER ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY, THOMAS J . RUSK ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS )

Region VII Focus Schools:
TYLER ISD ( BOULTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, DOGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, DOUGLAS ELEMENTARY, JONES ELEMENTARY, ORR ELEMENTARY, PEETE ELEMENTARY )
LONGVIEW ISD ( FOREST PARK MAGNET SCHOOL, BRAMLETTE ELEMENTARY, WARE ELEMENTARY )
PINE TREE ISD ( PINE TREE INTERMEDIATE )
ATHENS ISD ( BRIDGES CENTER )
CARLISLE ISD ( CARLISLE SCHOOL )
KARNACK ISD ( GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEMENTARY )
LUFKIN ISD ( COSTON ELEMENTARY )
NACOGDOCHES ISD ( MCMICHAEL MIDDLE SCHOOL, FREDONIA ELEMENTARY, NETTIE MARSHALL ACADEMY OF DUAL LANGUAGE )