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Fairhope East principal credits 3-mil overlay with gains for struggling students
Summary
Principal Christina Stacy told the Fairhope City Council work session that 3-mil overlay tax funds pay for interventionists and specialized staff who have helped reduce the number of students at the lowest intervention tier and raise proficiency on state tests.
Principal Christina Stacy of Fairhope East Elementary presented to the Fairhope City Council work session about how funding from the school's 3-mil overlay tax has been used to hire interventionists, instructional coaches and a bilingual reading coach and to staff a STEAM lab.
Stacy said the money allowed the school to shift many part-time interventionists to full-time positions and to hire an ESL-certified reading coach, which she credited with measurable gains for students in reading, math and science. "We couldn't do that without 3 mil," Stacy told council members.
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