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Parents urge district to retain reading specialists; board hears two community speakers
Summary
At public comment, parent Jeremy Rivera said the district’s shift from reading specialists to instructional coaches risks students’ reading progress; his daughter Juliana described reading gains tied to her reading specialist. A separate speaker, Roger Green, urged the board to endorse the Achievement and Integration plan.
Two members of the public spoke during the comments period at the Feb. 19 South Washington County Schools board meeting.
Jeremy Rivera, a district employee and parent, told the board that the district has converted reading specialists into instructional coach roles and said he feared losing targeted reading services. Rivera said his daughter…
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