West Virginia Schools Named National Blue Ribbon

{West Virginia}...The U.S. Department of Education has named three West Virginia schools as 2011 National Blue Ribbon Schools. The schools are Inwood Primary School in Berkeley County, Maxwell Hill Elementary School in Raleigh County and Triadelphia Middle School in Ohio County. They're among 304 schools recognized nationwide. To qualify for the program, public schools must have at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds dramatically improve scores on state tests. The schools will receive an award certificate during a ceremony later this year in Washington, D.C. More than 6,500 schools nationwide have won the award. The Blue Ribbon program began in 1982.