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Red Apple celebrates new building and reports stronger early reading benchmarks
Summary
At its ribbon cutting, Red Apple highlighted strong early literacy benchmarks—third grade about 70%, fourth about 68%, fifth about 82%—and set a 75% Forward-exam proficiency goal while announcing partnerships and instructional coaching to support math growth.
Red Apple school leaders told the Racine Unified School Board on Feb. 16 that the school's new building and recent outreach appear to be coinciding with unusually strong early reading benchmarks. Staff said they are optimistic about hitting a 75% proficiency goal on the district's Forward exam.
Administrators described community turnout at last week's ribbon cutting (about 600 people) and introduced three students who helped program a robot for the…
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