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Parents, students press Gwinnett board on literacy training, school safety and curriculum
Summary
At a lengthy public-comment segment Dec. 19, parents and students urged better literacy training and inclusion for students with disabilities, asked the district to reconsider the clear-backpack pilot and requested weapon detectors at schools; a dispute over the 'Choosing the Best' curriculum also surfaced.
Several students, parents and community members used the meeting's public-comment period Dec. 19 to press the board on literacy instruction, special-education placement, school safety and curriculum choices.
Literacy and teacher training: A parent who identified herself during the call to the podium (Missy Purcell) told the board that "Gwinnett County does not have dedicated content area coaches for literacy" and said recommended Wilson training for teachers amounted to "just 3 days," which she described as introductory rather than sufficient to train teachers to support students with dyslexia. She urged the board to fund sustained, comprehensive training in evidence-based literacy instruction and questioned spending…
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