Pacesetter Award for Highest Performance Earned by Union County School System
At the 2007 annual fall conference of the Georgia Council for
Administrators of Special Education, Union County School System was awarded
the prestigious Pacesetter Award for Highest Performance of outstanding
efforts in improving the performance of students with disabilities.
Statewide, only four awards were given, but only one for a school
district comparable to the size of Union County. Data from the
2005-2006 school year reflected the accomplishments of Union County’s
Special Education faculty and staff, parents, and community.
“The Georgia Department of Education has identified ten
Performance Goals that all special education departments must
achieve by the year 2010,” stated Mr. Day-Lewis, Special Education Director for Union County Schools. “These rigorous goals reflect
the high standards expected of the department’s faculty,
for instructional practices, and for student outcome. It is the
progress toward these goals for which Union County School System
has been recognized.”
The areas of achievement for which Union County’s Special
Education Department is being recognized are:
- Decreasing the number of students with disabilities who drop out of school
- Increasing the percentage of students with disabilities who meet or exceed state achievement standards for Reading/English Language Arts
- Increasing the percentage of students with disabilities who meet or exceed state achievement standards for Math
- Transitioning students with disabilities to their desired postsecondary outcomes
Accepting the certificates for the Union County School System at the 2007 Georgia Council of Administrators of Special Education Conference was Rebecca Wilkie, Assistant Special Education Director.
Mr. Tommy Stephens, Superintendent, received a congratulatory letter from the Georgia Department of Education recognizing the Union County School System as a leader in Georgia for outstanding efforts to improve the performance of students with disabilities. This is the second year Union County Schools has received this prestigious recognition.