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In 2002 President George Bush passed the No Child Left Behind Act. This act was set to improve graduation rates, increase ACT scores, and to increase scores of the WKCE test. Dr. Jon Jones, a member of the US Department of Education stated, “Because Sparta High School has not been meeting the No Child Left Behind Act, the all of the administration and faculty at Sparta High School is being replaced on February 1st, 2011.”

The replacements are selected throughout the country by the US Board of Education to improve the education at Sparta High. Dr. Jones continues, “The administration being replaced will not work but will still get paid until June 30th, 2011, which is the end of their contracts.”

July 1st, 2011 is the set date for the end of the school year. Dr. Jon Jones continues, “If the students do not show at least a 25% increase on scores, we will still end on July 1st, 2011 but instead of starting school back up on September 1st, 2011 they will get ten days of summer vacation and start back up on July 11th, 2011. The only exception is that seniors are for sure set to graduate on September 1st, 2011.”

School days will start at 7:45am and go until 5:00pm. Dr. Jones explains, “The US Board of Education thought that it was necessary to take out study halls, but add 15 minutes on the end of class periods to do homework for each class.”


To also help improve the education at the high school, all co-curricular activities are being suspended along with work permits. If an employer gets caught employing students, their consequence will be a large fine. There is a possibility that the extra curricular activities and work permits will be re-instated, but that is only if the test scores increase drastically 25% for each student.

The main focus for school will be to improve in math, science, and reading. To achieve this goal, the board will re-organize schedules and classes, while possibly cutting elective classes. Dr. Jones said, “We want to go back to old school academics, which gets rid of computers and technology to focus on textbooks.”

More changes include no open campus and 5 new school officers that are not local. Dr. Jones said, “We expect these changes to not only improve the education of Sparta High School but hopefully improve the country.”