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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you should visit the homes if an opportunity allows of a student who may be low performing. Some need help. Help them.[/quote]

You may be surprised to learn that schools aren't able to police the life choices of private families. [/quote]

Does each elementary school have adult reading volunteers (or [i]enough[/i] staff) who can come in to read with students who are struggling? Maybe that could help the lowest performing students.[/quote]

Our ES didn't allow parent volunteers.[/quote]

You would be surprised to see how skilled and knowledgeable a teacher has to be for any child who doesn’t pick up reading quickly. Mild dyslexia is extremely common and probably a huge part of the problem here. The good news is the mcps curriculum is much better for this now. However, random volunteers wouldn’t make a big difference without intensive training and ideally years of experience. In fact, lack of training can sometimes make the problem worse. [/quote]

Thank you. We have students at our elementary who have had years of small group intervention and get to 5th grade still unable to read on grade level. The problem is not that an adult has never sat down and read with them. Dyslexia and learning disabilities are not cured with parent volunteers![/quote]

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