State school directors laud La Conner's math turnaround

The La Conner School District is making headlines this fall – in a good way.

The strides its students have made improving math scores the last two years is the cover story in the current edition of the Washington State School Directors Association quarterly newsmagazine.

President Susie Deyo announced at the close of the Sept. 23 board meeting that the district’s success implementing its new K-12 math curricula – along with several other supportive initiatives – is featured in the fall issue of Direct, the WSSDA publication.

La Conner elementary students are pictured on the magazine’s cover, a...