“college Readiness for All- Gateway to Our Students’ Future” One School District’s Accomplishment

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  The 2011/2012 San Diego County Grand Jury commends Poway Unified School District for the numerous accomplishments they have obtained in their history, particularly the last ten years and the fact that this year Los Penasquitos Elementary School has received the National Blue Ribbon Award a second time. Quality education is manifested in the American philosophy of education. PUSD has a genuine and successful plan with their "Strategic Vision 2008-2014." The Blue Ribbon Award (the highest honor for our nation's schools) represents the total commitment, caring, sense of community and academic achievement at Los Pen that exists every day. The ability of the administration and the Poway Federation of Teachers to work together to ensure that only the best and most qualified teachers are employed and remain in the Poway school system is a program that could be a model for other school districts. PUSD's capacity to include the students, parents, teachers, staff, administration, union, and the school board in the commitment to provide a quality education is superb. PUSD's College Readiness Progress statistics for the past ten years and the overall steady growth in all of their targeted academic measurements are a testament to their successful "Strategic Vision." "College Readiness for all—Gateway to our Students' Future" is a major success— specifically "Quality Education." To this fact—the Grand Jury commends everyone associated with the Poway Unified School District. Filed: June 5, 2012 9 PUSD supplied data