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Westonka prepares district rollout of state dyslexia screening, expands vocational and medical-career programs with grant support
Summary
District administrators outlined implementation of the state's new REED Act dyslexia screener for grades 4–12 beginning this winter, and described expanding vocational programs (construction, nursing-assistant, EMR/EMT) supported by an approximately $28,980 grant; a medical careers community roundtable is scheduled Jan. 27.
District presenters told the Westonka School Board that the state-mandated REED Act rollout now requires a dyslexia screening that the Minnesota Department of Education has certified for statewide use. "The focus of the REED Act is to ensure every student between kindergarten and grade 12 is reading a grade level," the presenter said, and the district will administer the new screener for grades 4–12 in January and early February.
Board members asked technical questions about the screener’s morphology items and timing. The presenter emphasized…
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