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Community speakers urge action on reading proficiency and call for a national superintendent search
Summary
Public commenters accused district leaders of insufficient accountability on student reading outcomes and urged a national superintendent search instead of a brief internal-only process; speakers cited state designations for struggling schools and questioned whether residency requirements serve students.
Speakers during the public-comment period pressed the board to act on long-standing literacy concerns and to broaden the district’s superintendent search process.
Dr. Tina Schultz, representing the Niagara Community Information Group, told the board she has spent two years "sounding the alarm about the district's reading insufficiency" and…
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