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Shaver principal reports reading gains, highlights comprehension gap and staffing needs
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Principal Melanie Seca told the Parkrose School Board the school has stabilized staffing, expanded tiered supports and switched to a grade‑level group intervention block; she said decoding scores are stronger than language‑comprehension scores and flagged unfilled partner positions that limit services.
Melanie Seca, principal of Shaver Elementary, told the Parkrose School District Board that the school has reduced teacher turnover since last year, reconfigured classroom hallways and shifted its intervention model so every student spends 30 minutes in a grade‑level group tailored to need.
The change replaces the prior “pull‑out” model with a regular “What I Need” (WINd) block in which some groups receive intervention, some enrichment and some targeted core practice. Seca said teachers update intervention groups every six weeks and the school progress‑monitors students every other week to decide who moves between groups.
The move is part of a wider MTSS (multi‑tiered system of…
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