Closing the Gap II will also focus on literacy. Reading specialists are being certified in every middle and high school to help teachers coach students who need extra help. Three Fayette County schools are participating in the Minority Student Achievement Pilot project. Each school council is being required to examine test score data broken down by race, gender and family income level. The school board is spending local dollars to provide full-day kindergarten at every elementary school.
Several schools receive extra money to hire additional teachers and lower class sizes.
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