Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Ossining early-childhood PTA reports $46,000 raised, 310,000 minutes logged in district readathon
Summary
Ossining Early Childhood PTA said volunteers created accounts for every student and logged 310,000 reading minutes over two weeks while raising $46,000; organizers partnered with the public library, local bookstores and Toys for Tots.
The Ossining Early Childhood PTA told the Board of Education on April 22 that its spring readathon raised $46,000 and that students logged roughly 310,000 minutes of reading during the two-week event.
PTA organizers said they created accounts for every student across the two early-elementary schools so students could participate even when parents could not log minutes, and that volunteers visited every self-contained special-education class and performed theatrical read-alouds. The PTA credited the approach with broadening…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
