Baldrige winner.
Belated congratulations to Jenks Public Schools, located south of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, for becoming just the fourth school system to receive a
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The award, founded in 1998,
promotes excellence in organizational performance, recognizes the
quality and performance achievements of U.S. organizations, and
publicizes successful performance strategies. Judges lauded JPS for its
student performance, low dropout rate (1.2% in 2003-04), and high
graduation rate (95% in 2005). Also, JPS boasts an inter-generational
program with young students and the elderly, a Parents as Teachers
program, and a student-teacher exchange program with Chengdu, China. FOR
MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/baldrige_2005/jenks.htm. (Jenks'
application is at http://www.jenksps.org/Baldrige/pdf/JPS%20MBQNA%20Application.pdf.)