Some Good School News . . .

Per Today's OD, Westmoreland Road School has won a national No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Blue Ribbon School Award.

The school was chosen for the federal honor because students met yearly academic improvement goals for five years, officials said. It is one of 16 schools in the state, and one of nearly 300 in the country to receive the designation . . .

NCLB is constantly maligned -- but the idea of setting goals and then working to meet them seems a common sense approach to success. It's nice to see one school making NCLB work... but even better that it is one nearby.