Intensive effort pledged on Winooski High School

Winooski High School is substandard, the city’s school board agreed Wednesday evening. The school is under increasing state and federal pressure to improve as already grim test scores in the school show recent signs of further slumping. The school district is strapped for cash. More than a third of the students are English language learners who struggle on the standards tests. A large proportion of students come from low-income and transient families, facts that interfere with the children’s learning.

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