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Parents tell board district lacks adequate dyslexia supports; urge in-school interventions
Summary
Multiple parents told the Georgetown County School Board the district’s current approach to dyslexia screening and intervention is insufficient, describing delayed evaluations, limited in-district remediation and out-of-pocket tutoring expenses; parents urged adoption of structured, multi-sensory evidence-based instruction.
Parents used the public-comment period to press the board on the district’s support for students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
Julie Gratchell described a long struggle to secure effective reading support for her child. She said the child qualified for an individualized education program (IEP) after a delayed evaluation and that earlier recommendations of after-school remediation were insufficient: "We needed a structured evidence based approach that specifically targets…
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