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A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

U.S. Secretary of Education
Richard Riley's
America Goes Back To School Bus Tour

THE SUCCESS EXPRESS
Visits the Mississippi Delta
August 27-31, 2000

Portland, Arkansas

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DATE: August 28, 2000

Secretary Riley, Governor Mike Huckabee and U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln visited Portland Elementary School in Portland, Arkansas.

Portland Elementary - located in a rural town with a population of just over 500 - was named the Title I Distinguished School for Arkansas in 1998 for dramatically improving student achievement. While fewer than half the children at Portland were reading at grade level in 1995, nearly all students were reading at grade level by 1999. During his luncheon remarks, Secretary Riley commented that children in small towns are just as important as school children anywhere else.

Photos

Welcome sign for the bus tour. Click to enlarge photo.
8/28-- Welcome sign at Portland
Elementary School

Secretary Riley meets students at Portland Elementary school. Click to enlarge photo.
8/28-- Secretary Riley meets students at
Portland Elementary School

Secretary Riley(left) and Principal Ernest Smith (right) of Portland Elementary school standing in a first graders class. Click to enlarge photo.
8/28-- Secretary Riley(left) and
Principal Ernest Smith
(right) of Portland Elementary
School in a first grade classroom.

 

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