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Sarasota officials point to literacy gains, outline VPK and Read 180 expansion
Summary
District leaders presented data showing improvements in early literacy, a move to expand VPK classrooms and summer bridge sites, and plans to scale Read 180 and structured-literacy training into middle schools and K–2 classrooms.
Mrs. O'Day and Miss Manelli presented the Sarasota County Schools’ comprehensive evidence-based reading plan and highlighted measurable gains and program expansions.
The district said baseline pre-K screening shows 86 percent of students at or above benchmark and reported that, across grades 3–12, about 67 percent of students are reading at grade level. “This reflects strong early literacy outcomes tied to our aligned instruction as well as early interventions,” Miss…
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