Richmond County School System’s accreditation renewed with conditions | The Augusta Chronicle

The Richmond County School System had its five-year accreditation officially renewed in June but was given a “warned status” from its accrediting body one month later for scoring low on some standards, according to documents obtained Wednesday by The Augusta Chronicle.

AdvancED awarded the district re-accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement in June after a review team toured the district in February and interviewed 86 administrators, 151 teachers, 100 students and others.

The review team scored the district on five standards and 35 indicators, of which the district received mostly scores of two out of four. The team issued four required actions on policies and procedures the district must address within two years to have its accredited warned status changed to accredited.

Jennifer Oliver, AdvancED vice president for communications, said the accrediting body drafted more rigorous standards last year and expected more districts to receive an advisement, warned or probation status than before. Of the 211 school districts up for accreditation or re-accreditation in 2012-13, 45 percent were advised, 20 percent were warned and 2 percent were given a probation status.

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