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WJCC presents Elevate 28 updates, sets new baseline for early literacy and details safety, career-readiness steps
Summary
School division leaders told the Williamsburg-James City County School Board that a new statewide literacy screener establishes a more rigorous baseline for K–2 reading, outlined curriculum and staffing changes across math, science and pre-K, and described security and cybersecurity investments made this year.
At the Williamsburg-James City County School Board meeting, senior staff summarized progress under the Elevate 28 strategic plan, including a new baseline for early literacy from the Virginia Language and Literacy Screener (VALS), textbook adoptions across grade levels, plans for new pre‑K centers, and several facility and cyber security upgrades.
Division presenters said the spring VALS — a redesigned, more rigorous statewide literacy screener adopted through a Virginia Department of Education partnership — produced a new baseline showing 79% of K–2 students meeting the on‑track designation this spring. Staff emphasized that VALS is not directly comparable to the older PALS measure and therefore the division will use VALS as its new starting point for…
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