A Grass Valley elementary school is among 772 to be honored under the state’s Gold Ribbon Schools Award Program. Brian Martinez is the principal of Grass Valley Charter School. He says the award cites schools for exemplary efforts to ensure every student is ready for 21st century college and careers..

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The Gold Ribbons Schools Award was created to honor schools in place of the Distinguished Schools Program, which is on hiatus, while California creates new assessment and accountability systems. The State Department of Education says these schools have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards that the Board of Education has adopted…

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Grass Valley Charter School has around 510 pre-school to 8th graders. Nearly 6-thousand elementary schools were eligible to apply this year.