All four Montgomery County schools have received awards issued by the Kansas Department of Education as part of the Kansans Can Star Recognition Program.

 

The Program is designed to support the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation process by providing a level of recognition that helps districts identify where they want to focus their improvement efforts. Districts can receive gold, silver, bronze, or copper stars in the qualitative and quantitative measure areas in several areas including Academically prepared for postsecondary and High school graduation.

 

USD 445 Coffeyville received a bronze star award in Social-Emotional Growth and a copper star award in High School graduation.

 

USD 446 Independence received copper star awards in the Academically Prepared for Post-secondary, Post-secondary Success categories and Social-Emotional Growth. USD 446 also received a 2021 Commissioner's Award.

 

USD 436 Caney Valley received a silver star award in High School graduation and copper star awards in the Academically Prepared for Post-secondary and Postsecondary Success categories. USD 436 received a 2021 Commissioner's Award as well.

 

USD 447 Cherryvale-Thayer was awarded a copper star award in the Academically Prepared for Post-secondary category.

 

The Commissioner’s Award is achieved by those districts that outperform their predicted post-secondary effectiveness rate.