Fort Duchesne NewsLocal news for Fort Duchesne, UT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.A test for NCLB: School closure may be good for students- December 27, 2007 There are two ways to look at the imminent closure of West Middle School in rural Fort Duchesne. via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-duchesne-ut/2007/12/a-test-for-nclb-school-closure-may-be-g... New life for 'worst' school- December 25, 2007 "I'm still not convinced closing the school wasn't the right thing to do" When one West Middle School student heard his school was closing, he asked whether he could bring a sledgehammer to school. via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-duchesne-ut/2007/12/new-life-for-worst-school?fromrss=1 Letter: Costly consequences- December 23, 2007 The closing of West Middle School in Fort Duchesne is a blunt reminder that laws, ineptly crafted, have costly consequences. via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-duchesne-ut/2007/12/letter-costly-consequences?fromrss=1 Closing school a unique response to failing fed standards- December 21, 2007 "The whole thing has dovetailed back into itself" Locking the doors forever and sending the students away - as West Middle School in Fort Duchesne will do after failing to meet No Child Left Behind standards for seven years - is believed to be highly unusual ... via Salt Lake Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-duchesne-ut/2007/12/closing-school-a-unique-response-to-fai... Utah closes low-scoring school- December 19, 2007 The lowest-scoring school in Utah is closing . After seven years of failing to meet testing and attendance requirements, seeing its student numbers plunge and its reputation decline, West Middle School in Fort ... via Joannejacobs.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/fort-duchesne-ut/2007/12/utah-closes-low-scoring-school?fromrss=... |