RIPLEY - Waiting on Regents testing results can always be an anxious time for school administrators.
But at Ripley Central School, the results were well worth the wait.
"We had really good results this year," Lauren Ormsby, the school's principal, told board members at a recent Board of Education meeting.
Ormsby said numerous classes saw 100 percent of the students who took the tests pass.
Meanwhile, Karen Krause, district superintendent, said the school also saw one of its lowest percentage of academically ineligible students, which means more students are passing their classes.
Krause said the district is also looking at further ways to improve students' academic achievement, including implementing block scheduling in the future.
"We're looking at new ways for a lot of things with the new block scheduling," she said.
By utilizing block scheduling, where students will be able to take a year-long course in half-a-year, Krause said the district is also looking to add distance learning classes.
Also at the meeting, Bob Bentley, board president, said he had spoken with Bob Guiffreda, Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattauraugus BOCES superintendent, about a proposed state commission which could force the merger of schools without a vote from district residents.
"Hopefully there are some changes coming," Bentley said.
However, school officials know such a commission may never come to fruition.
"Taking the vote away from the people is going to be a fight," Bentley said.