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“Don’t you think the School Board should provide a summer program (when) the problem is with the system, not with parents or individual students?" asked Dean Irvine. “I think we need a comprehensive plan right now to correct this problem," he stated.
Mrs. Massie again applauded parents for expressing their concerns. "Reading is the foundation of all learning,” she said.
Henry Hudson asked if other school systems were using the reading material adopted by Rappahannock. "Are they having problems?” he inquired.
“Yes to both questions,” Hogan replied.
“Then Rappahannock should get in touch with some of these other systems to find out how they’re addressing their difficulties with the reading texts,” Hudson proposed.
“It's not fair to blame this reading system,” interjected Aimee Massie, fourth grade teacher at the elementary school. Reading problems did not start with the new series, she noted.
Some Above Grade Level Not all Rappahannock students are poor readers, according to seventh grade teacher Susan Henry and librarian Lucia Kilby. Mrs. Henry said many of the children in the literature class she shared with Mr. Fountain were reading on a high school level. She added that she asked for and received permission from the school administration for her students to take their literature books home. “My kids have been taking their books home all year. We still haven't finished the book and they’ve stayed interested.” By being allowed to take their books home, the students could come into class ready to talk about what they’d read the night before, she added.
Mrs. Kilby told the Board that she had to work hard to keep enough interesting books on the library shelves to satisfy avid readers. “I have more good students reading this year than I’ve had for years in the past."
Rappahannock Education Association president Dorn Bomberger suggested that the School Board request additional funds for a summer school program. He noted that the Supervisors can appropriate above what the School Board initially asked for in the school budget.
In regard to Mrs. Baines’ request for use of a classroom at the elementary school to
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