The people have spoken and it appears the Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board is listening.
You can’t argue with success, and that’s why the rather expensive Reading Recovery Program has been spared from the chopping block.
With a 91 per cent success rate, staff and parents identified the program as a top priority in a recent survey conducted by the Board.
Superintendent Catherine Montreuil is thrilled the program will return this school year.
The program pairs struggling grade 1 students with a teacher for one on one individual literacy support for half an hour a day.
Because the program requires a lot of staff time and continuous servicing it is one of the Catholic Board’s more expensive programs.
Even so, Montreuil says it would be even more expensive not to offer the program.
She says early intervention is key to literacy success.
Montreuil calls the Reading Recovery Program a smart investment in student success.
About 100 students will benefit from the program this year.
The program began about five years ago as a pilot project, and the year over year success rates have helped ensure its survival.
Ninety-one percent of all students that participate in the program meet the grade 1 reading benchmark by the end of the school year.
