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The school district released preliminary testing results this week and they were pretty impressive, showing strong gains in schools targeted for improvement and more kids on grade level in more schools.

Two groups of schools were targeted for the biggest push, the nine in the Enrichment Region and the 10 designated low-performing by the state. Some schools are in both camps.

Despite the improvements, the number of students testing proficient remains low, just approve half in several schools.

Because of that Green says he won’t be changing much of the focus this school year. In fact he says all of the Enrichment Region schools will remain in that grouping. But they have lost a strong leader, Green says.

Lewis Ferebee, the Enrichment Region superintendent, left the district this week to be former GCS Chief Administrative Officer and current Durham Public Schools Superintendent Eric Becoats’ chief of staff.

“This is a huge loss to Guilford County Schools,” Green said this week of Ferebee.

The search for the new Enrichment Region super is underway but Green wouldn’t say how soon he’ll make the appointment.