Broad Foundation Awards YISD With $150K For Scholarships

The Ysleta Independent School District was awarded $150,000 for college scholarships for its high school seniors.

this is the second straight year y-i-s-d is a finalist in the broad prize. hundreds of teachers packed y-i-s-d’s central office earlier this morning during the watch party. north carolina’s charlotte-mecklenburg school district took home the $550-thousand-dollar first prize. even though they didn’t win the top prize, y-i-s-d educators were happy about today’s results.:

PATRICIA AYALA Public Relations Dir., YISD

“it’s a great distinction to go ahead and be honored with the best of the nation, not just the state, and so we are very excited.”

the broad prize awards are given to school districts that show the highest gains in student performance and in closing the minority achievement gap.//