OC Elementary Again Earns State Blue Ribbon Honor

OCEAN CITY – State officials named Ocean City Elementary School a Maryland Blue Ribbon School this week.

Ocean City Elementary, which received the distinction previously in 2001 and then went on to be named a National Blue Ribbon School, was one of six schools recognized Tuesday by the Maryland State Department of Education.

Superintendent of Schools Lou Taylor shared the news with the public at the end of Tuesday’s school board meeting. He stressed that while schools applied to receive the honor in the past, now the distinction was based solely on performance.

“They take all the data and they look at different things,” Taylor said. “It’s a selection process we have no control over.”

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