Thanks for sharing. There are many exemptions that make possible loopholes for families who want their children to be exempt from the requirement even if they don’t qualify. I wonder if it would be up to the individual schools or the district to approve the exemptions.
For the schools, I can see a challenge of getting funding for resources to support retained children.
I believe a lot of the issues of falling behind can stem from the lack of families support. In my opinion, one solution that could really work is requiring parents of below grade level students to attend classes with their kids once a week.
Other issues that are outside the control of the kids could be lack of resources and qualified staff.
Thank you for the comment. I am interested to see how this unfolds in the school setting and whether additional funding will be provided to support these struggling students. School psychologists are trained to assess and monitor students with reading difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a critical shortage of school psychologists in the state, which has us far above the recommended caseload of 500-800 students (I service approximately 1500 students). It would be advantageous to have more psychologists in buildings so that we could provide more support to teachers and parents with interventions and progress monitoring for these struggling students. Again, thank you for your comment!
Thanks for sharing. There are many exemptions that make possible loopholes for families who want their children to be exempt from the requirement even if they don’t qualify. I wonder if it would be up to the individual schools or the district to approve the exemptions.
For the schools, I can see a challenge of getting funding for resources to support retained children.
I believe a lot of the issues of falling behind can stem from the lack of families support. In my opinion, one solution that could really work is requiring parents of below grade level students to attend classes with their kids once a week.
Other issues that are outside the control of the kids could be lack of resources and qualified staff.
Thank you for the comment. I am interested to see how this unfolds in the school setting and whether additional funding will be provided to support these struggling students. School psychologists are trained to assess and monitor students with reading difficulties. Unfortunately, there is a critical shortage of school psychologists in the state, which has us far above the recommended caseload of 500-800 students (I service approximately 1500 students). It would be advantageous to have more psychologists in buildings so that we could provide more support to teachers and parents with interventions and progress monitoring for these struggling students. Again, thank you for your comment!