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Hillsborough Reads campaign urges parents to read aloud to K–12 students
Summary
Patty Rendon, Hillsborough County School Board member for District 4, announced a reading campaign called "Hillsborough Reads" during a school board meeting and encouraged parents to make reading aloud a regular goal; she brought two books and cited family reading traditions.
Patty Rendon, Hillsborough County School Board member for District 4, announced "Hillsborough Reads" during a school board meeting and urged parents of kindergarten through 12th-grade students to set aside time to read aloud at home, saying she brought two books to highlight the effort.
Rendon said the program is intended to give parents an opportunity to read with their children and emphasized the value of shared reading time. She described her family's routine of reading together across a five-year age span and mentioned that her children look forward each year to a Barnes & Noble sale to choose a new book. Rendon used "Fancy Nancy" as an example of a title her children enjoy.
Rendon told the meeting, "So make it your goal. Let us catch you reading." The remarks were delivered during the public comment portion of the board meeting and were presented as an announcement and encouragement rather than as a formal action or board directive.
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