WHAT:                                 Sacramento City Unified School District’s 2012 ranking on the state’s Academic Performance Index (API) will be revealed at a press conference on Thursday (October 11).Specific data regarding middle schools and the Superintendent’s Priority School program will also be revealed.

                                                Test scores are embargoed by the California Department of Education until 10 a.m. on Thursday.

WHEN:                                 Thursday, October 11 at 10 a.m.
Media to check in at school’s front office

WHERE:                               Fern Bacon Middle School library
4140 Cuny Ave., Sacramento, CA 95823

WHY:                                    SCUSD is the 12th largest school district in California, serving 44,000 students on 81 campuses. Despite dramatic state cutbacks, SCUSD continues to move forward with programs to improve student learning, including implementation of Common Core Standards and the Superintendent’s Priority Schools initiative.

INTERVIEWS:                     Superintendent Jonathan Raymond
                                                Sacramento County Teacher of the Year Jennifer Ellerman
                                                SCUSD principals, teachers and students