In the 10/29 article in Fredericksburg's Free Lance-Star the Executive Director of Instruction in Stafford County, Peter Vernimb, highlighted two schools--Rocky Run Elementary and Stafford Elementary. Rocky Run fifth-graders had a 71 percent pass rate on the math exam, an 11 percent jump from last year.  And at Stafford Elementary, 80 percent of fifth-graders passed the math exam, up from 60 percent last year. Vernimb said hiring math specialists at those schools made the difference.

View the 10/29 article in Free Lance-Star here.