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Board renews data‑sharing and adopts UF tutoring memorandum; community groups push Rocket Phonics volunteer tutoring
Summary
Superintendent announced the district’s memorandum with the University of Florida and the Florida Tutoring Advantage Program to provide research‑based one‑on‑one math tutoring at nine Title I elementary schools; community volunteers asked for comparable access to student progress data to evaluate volunteer programs such as Rocket Phonics.
The Sarasota County School Board’s consent agenda included a renewal of a data‑sharing agreement with the Laurel Civic Association and approval of a memorandum of agreement with the University of Florida and the Florida Department of Education’s Florida Tutoring Advantage Program to provide targeted, research‑based one‑on‑one tutoring in mathematics at nine Title I elementary schools.
Superintendent Connor described the memorandum of agreement during his report, saying the district is partnering…
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