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Everett School Committee accepts $5,000 kindergarten literacy grant and approves $1.56 million in bills/payroll
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the Everett School Committee accepted a $5,000 School Works Changemakers grant for kindergarten literacy, received a superintendent’s update including a "no findings" special education audit and an immigration guidance memo for staff, and approved bills and payroll totaling $1,555,829.51.
The Everett School Committee on Monday accepted a $5,000 literacy grant for kindergarten students, approved bills and payroll totaling $1,555,829.51 and heard a superintendent update that included a special education audit with no findings and new staff guidance on immigration-related issues.
The committee voted unanimously, 8–0, to accept the School Works Changemakers grant, which the superintendent said will provide take-home books for kindergarten students and support family literacy activities. "This is one of those grants that will continue to help us move forward with strengthening our literacy programs across the district," the superintendent said while describing the program’s goal of getting books into students’ homes.
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