KOMO-TV 4 in Seattle reports:
“Mill Pond Elementary in Yelm is one of 35 schools in the state to earn their way off the state’s needs improvement list during the 2010-2011 school
year.

The school made enough academic progress to earn their way off the list, which was released by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction this week.

To make adequate yearly progress, a certain percentage of students in a school or district must pass the state’s reading and math tests each year.”

Read more by Donna Gordon Blankinship of the AP.