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Local parent urges Stoughton schools to expand small-group reading and volunteer tutor program
Summary
During public comment, resident Bob Kluge urged the board to consider a small-group, read-aloud tutoring model and to recruit retired teachers and volunteers, describing a Madison program that organized volunteer orientation evenings and dedicated reading rooms.
Bob Kluge, a Stoughton resident and parent of three graduates, told the Stoughton Area School District Board of Education during public comment that he wants the district to consider recruiting volunteers and retired teachers for small-group reading instruction.
"Our reading program is really bad, and that's so fundamental to education and learning," Kluge said, describing a public-radio report he heard about another state’s reading improvements and a local Madison program that used…
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