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Methacton board reviews three‑year structured‑literacy plan with lab schools, year‑one cost in proposed budget
Summary
District curriculum leaders and consultants presented a three‑year plan to shift Methacton schools from balanced literacy to a structured‑literacy approach, proposing two lab schools, Keys to Literacy professional learning and a $142,200 year‑one budget commitment to be considered next week.
Methacton School District curriculum staff on Tuesday presented a three‑year structured‑literacy plan that would change K–12 reading instruction districtwide, pilot two lab schools and bring Keys to Literacy and Schools Cubed coaches into classrooms.
The district’s director of curriculum and instruction, Dr. Walsh, told the Board of School Directors the plan responds to statewide changes in teacher‑preparation and reading policy — citing Act 55 and Chapter 49 regulations — and aims to move classroom practice from a balanced‑literacy model toward structured literacy grounded in the science of reading.
The plan proposes designating Eagleville Elementary and Kolb Intermediate School as “lab schools” where principals, reading specialists, intervention specialists and instructional coaches would receive monthly, job‑embedded coaching from Schools…
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