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Assistant superintendent Ray Hogan announced that eight teachers were “definitely interested” in teaching with three more possibly willing to work in the summer reading program. He noted that the program’s success was dependent in a large part on keeping a low pupil-teacher ratio, approximately 10 to 12 students per teacher.
Parents would be asked to put up $50 in “good faith money,” Hogan continued. This would be refunded to those students with perfect attendance for the six-weeks program. Students with less than perfect attendance would be docked $5 per day for each absence.
According to Hogan, the program's goal would be for each child to achieve sixweeks or more progress in reading. “In most cases, I think a student should achieve more than six-weeks progress," he added.
Enough Progress
“You say these children are only going to improve six
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