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Culpeper board hears progress report on Virginia Literacy Act implementation
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Summary
Culpeper County Public Schools told the board the division has implemented state-approved core reading materials, enrolled teachers in mandated literacy professional development, and is preparing winter benchmarks and intervention adoption due in winter; parents are being engaged through school-level literacy events.
At the Nov. 11 school board meeting, the division's instructional leader provided an update on the division literacy plan and the Virginia Literacy Act implementation.
Mrs. Campbell told the board that the division's literacy plan — approved in August — is in place and that state-approved instructional materials for all tiers have been implemented. She said teachers mandated to receive evidence-based literacy training have been enrolled in state courses: "Almost all have started and we've had quite a few that have finished as well," she said.
Campbell said adoption of a selected reading intervention is scheduled for the winter term; the timeline was affected by the state delivering its approved intervention list late, so many divisions across Virginia share the same winter deadline. The division is preparing for winter benchmarking (December–January) to measure student progress and adjust instruction accordingly.
Section 6 of the plan focuses on parent engagement. Campbell said the division moved from a single division-wide event to school-level literacy nights after feedback from elementary reading specialists who preferred more personalized events.
Campbell closed by noting plan resubmission deadlines the division faces (a fall resubmission by Dec. 6 for state requests and a final plan in June) and reiterated that monitoring and adjustment will continue through the year. Board members offered brief praise and had no substantive objections during questions.
