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Bolivar R‑I opens school year with expanded literacy training, higher summer-school enrollment and strong substitute turnout
Summary
District academic leaders reported a positive start to the 2025–26 year: literacy/cohort training continues, summer-school enrollment rose, online class pass rates were high and the district hosted a large substitute-teacher training with 44 participants.
The Bolivar R‑I Board of Education received academic and program updates Aug. 21 as district leaders reported on summer-school outcomes, professional development and the first week of the new school year.
Assistant Superintendent Tim Garber said the district continues its literacy work with a Letters training (a science-of-reading literacy program) and that 25 teachers are in cohort 2 of that training. Garber also listed other professional-development offerings provided to staff over the summer, including new middle-school ELA resource training, Read 180 (reading intervention),…
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