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Wicomico board cites districtwide gains in Maryland star ratings; one campus remains unrated and one middle school draws targeted interventions
Summary
At a board work session, staff presented Maryland star‑rating results showing most Wicomico County schools improved or held steady; staff and board members pressed for details and interventions for a persistently low‑rated middle school and explained why some campuses (Willard, evening high school) are not assigned star ratings.
Chair Malone convened the Wicomico County Board of Education work session on the star ratings review and asked staff to summarize how Maryland’s system assigns stars across grade spans. Dr. Briggs and Ms. Hitch led the presentation and described the two components that determine a school’s star rating: 65% of possible points come from achievement measures (ELA and math MCAP results and, at the high‑school level, graduation rate and on‑track measures) and 35% come from school quality and student success indicators such as chronic absenteeism and school surveys.
Ms. Hitch said the star ratings are public and that “96% of the schools in Wicomico County are receiving a 3 or higher rating this year,” and she walked the board through how grade‑span…
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