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OCPS highlights Read to Succeed expansion; program serving more than 5,100 students with volunteers and paid tutors
Summary
District leaders and program staff updated the board on Read to Succeed, a literacy tutoring program launched in 2001 and supported by the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools. For 2024–25 the program reported 162 volunteers, 117 paid tutors and services delivered to 5,144 students at 120 elementary schools; the foundation has raised more
Orange County Public Schools presented an update on Read to Succeed, the district’s long-running literacy tutoring program, telling the board the initiative has expanded to serve more than 5,000 students and is supported by community partners and state matching funds.
Superintendent Vasquez and curriculum staff framed the presentation as an update on a program the district and its foundation launched in 2001 to provide one‑on‑one and small‑group literacy support. The foundation and district officials said the program has evolved from volunteer tutors working without a set curriculum into a multi‑tiered model that now uses evidence‑based SIPS curriculum and paid tutors in addition to…
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