Poquoson schools outline tiered MTSS supports and integrate Virginia Literacy Act reading plans; special-education plan and Perkins allocations approved

Poquoson City Public Schools on April 15 received an instructional update describing how the division is aligning its multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) with Virginia’s VTSS framework and the Virginia Literacy Act, while the board approved the division’s Special Education Annual Plan and its Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education grant budget for 2025–26.

The update was presented by an instructional staff member identified in the record as Miss Ive, who described VTSS (Virginia Tiered Systems of Support) as a division-wide, data-driven approach that coordinates academic, behavioral and attendance interventions. She said partners for VTSS implementation include the VTSS Research and Implementation Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, the VTSS evaluation team at Old Dominion University and regional training and technical assistance (TTAC) partners working with the division’s VTSS coaches.

The presentation laid out the division’s tier structure: Tier 1 core instruction (about 80 percent of students), Tier…