Librarian Chris Conrad reads to students at Fort Lewis Elementary, which won the Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award for the second consecutive year.
Librarian Chris Conrad reads to students at Fort Lewis Elementary, which won the Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award for the second consecutive year.STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald file photo

The award goes to schools that exceed expected academic growth and that bring the performance of ethnic minority or poverty-level students more in line with mainstream standards.

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