Most Cedar Creek Lake Area school districts meet state testing standards




All but one of the school districts in the Cedar Creek Lake Area "met standard," in 2014, according to the Texas Education Agency Accountability Report.

Athens Independent School District, Cross Roads ISD, Eustace ISD, Kemp ISD, Mabank ISD, and Malakoff ISD achieved successful testing, but Trinidad ISD rated "improvement required."

The news was especially good for Kemp ISD, which rated "improvement required" in 2013. School officials said they spent the summer of 2013 planning how to improve scores and carried out the strategy during the school year.

Ron Golen, a monitor appointed by TEA to help Kemp ISD told school district officials in June that preliminary scores showed they had succeeded. He praised the school district's administration for developing a "collaborative culture" that paid off.

All of the school districts, including Trinidad, achieved a "distinction designation" in certain academic areas.

The rating system includes "met standard, met alternative standard or improvement required."

Schools with the "improvement required" rating are appointed monitors for a two-year period or until scores are improved.




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Fishing Report from TPWD (May 1)

EXCELLENT. Slightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.43 feet above pool. The hybrid striped bass and white bass have made a full recovery from the spawn and are now back in the main lake in droves and are on a feeding frenzy! Look for heavy bird activity throughout the lake on flats and near the Dam on edges of drop offs especially on cloudy and overcast days. The hybrids and white bass have started schooling in water from 4-14 feet at the dam and any wind blown shallow point or seawall. Late evening schooling action is also happening in shallow coves and points throughout the lake. Reports of great catches using silver or white slabs and spinners and retrieving off the bottom at a very slow retrieve to catch these fish in depths of 8-16 feet of water. The crappie have also migrated back into the main lake. Look for them under bridge pylons or under docks where the depths are between 3-10 feet. Guides have been reporting exceptionally nice catches on sunny warmer days. Report by Brent Herbeck, Herbeck’s Lonestar Fishing Guide Service. Catfish are excellent the first couple hours of the day on retaining walls where the shad are spawning using fresh cut or whole shad on a bobber or with a light weight. The bite slows as the day progresses because the catfish are feeding heavily at first light. Later in the day target catfish on the first drop-offs in 5-15 feet of water. Report by Jason Barber, Kings Creek Adventures.

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