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Roundstone Elementary principal outlines literacy push, expanded coaching and departmentalized upper grades
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At a Rockcastle County Board of Education meeting, Principal Debbie Coleman showcased Roundstone Elementary’s plans to implement common reading screeners, expand phonics instruction and bring a math coach through the Kentucky Center for Mathematics; students described classroom changes and departmentalization in grades 4–5.
Debbie Coleman, principal of Roundstone Elementary, told the Rockcastle County Board of Education on Tuesday that her school is rolling out a districtwide reading-assessment plan and several instructional supports aimed at raising literacy and math outcomes.
Coleman said the elementary schools have developed a shared diagnostic and screener process and are aligning interventions so student records move with the child between schools. "By 2027–28, every student will read on grade level or above," she said, presenting the district’s reading goal…
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