Sidney schools receive high marks

Sidney schools are on the right track, in the opinion of an external accreditation team who visited the school last month.

“Really, in a nutshell we had an excellent visit,” said Sidney high school principal Chris Arent at Monday’s school board meeting. “The accreditation team was very impressed top to bottom, across the board.”

The accreditation process for the middle and high school takes place every five years. This process includes an external review performed by administrators from other districts in this region of the state. The reviewers conducted interviews and completed classroom obse...