Three schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools were among those recently honored by the Virginia Board of Education for high achievement and continued improvement.
Cosby High earned the Highest Achievement Exemplar Award by being accredited and by meeting certain state benchmarks overall, student groups meeting certain state benchmarks and demonstrating a chronic absenteeism rate of 15% or lower.
James River High and Thomas Dale High earned Continuous Improvement Exemplar Awards by being accredited and by demonstrating an increase in the combined rate for two or more student groups in reading and math for each of the past three years, with a total increase across the three years of 10 points or more.
Across Virginia, only 92 schools achieved the Highest Achievement Exemplar Award and only 49 schools achieved the Continuous Improvement Exemplar Award.