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Stanfield reports reading growth, plans longer daily reading and more classroom sets
Summary
District staff shared fall-to-winter reading-growth data showing most grades in the high-growth, high-achievement quadrant; the district plans to increase daily independent reading from 20 to 25 minutes and staff praised booster-club support of $2,000 for classroom books.
A district presenter shared comparative reading data showing that three grade levels fell below the 50th percentile while three were above, and that this year all but one grade are in the high-growth, high-achievement quadrant. The presenter said the district has seen notable gains in proficiency compared with last year and will publish fall-to-spring comparisons when spring results are available.
"We have all but one of our grade levels in the in the top right quadrant, which shows both high growth and high achievement," the presenter said, adding that the district's secondary school also improved into that quadrant. Board discussion noted the district will increase daily independent reading time next year from 20 minutes to 25 minutes to build classroom engagement.
Board members credited staff collaboration and community support. One board member said, "The booster club just basically paid for $2,000 worth of books for us," and another noted the booster club paid more than $700 in student tickets for playoff games; Russ Green contributed $270 to help cover student attendance costs. The district reported roughly a 20 percentage-point increase in students reaching proficiency compared with the prior year (the transcript gives that as an approximate figure).
