Twelve Kern County Schools have been tagged as "persistently low performing" by state education officials based in part on test scores.
The schools on the list are:
- Bakersfield - Beardsley Intermediate School and Shirley Lane Elementary
- Arvin - Bear Mountain and Sierra Vista Elementary Schools
- Buttonwillow Elementary School
- Maricopa Elementary School
- McFarland High School
- Wasco - Semitropic and Palm Avenue Elementary Schools.
- Boron Junior-Senior High School
- Rosamond High School.
- Kern County Community Learning Center.
The schools will have to implement reform measures that could include replacing principals or even closing their doors.
Each school is now eligible to apply for federal improvement grants.
