Leaping to another school?

Published 12:00 am Saturday, February 5, 2000

Third-grader Courtney Taylor puts on her thinking cap during a spelling and dictation test in Suzie Blanchard’s class at Vidalia Lower Elementary on Friday. Next year, Courtney and other fourth-graders in Louisiana will have to pass the LEAP test in order to move on to the fifth grade. Parish school district officials are considering moving the third grade classes to the upper elementary schools to keep a closer eye on what they are learning.

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