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BTO Success Story
BTO SUCCESS STORY: PIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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One of the Beat the Odds Institute's Six Keys To Success is a Strong and Steady Principal: Leaders are focused on those things that truly improve student achievement and they keep pushing ahead, no matter what the roadblocks. Joseph Jacobo, principal at Pima Elementary School, exemplifies leadership that earned his school a Bronze Beat the Odds achievement award in its second year of participation. MORE>