imagine how this community faired during covid learning. some of these children probably went months without a book in their hand, without reading, without being read to. for the younger grades thrawrns is crucial. here in bauman, the literacy rate in 2019 was about 24%. so if you have a classroom of ten students, two of them are on grade level and you have approximately 8 that are struggling or not able to read at grade level. so againn 50th percentile and everybody filtering below. we heard throughout the conversation of different things not being done and this is not finger blame or anything like that. but there were regulations that i feel like are being broken when it comes to these kids. they struggle with mental health. and they have to travel all across town.
imagine how this community faired during covid learning. some of these children probably went months without a book in their hand, without reading, without being read to. for the younger grades thrawrns is crucial. here in bauman, the literacy rate in 2019 was about 24%. so if you have a classroom of ten students, two of them are on grade level and you have approximately 8 that are struggling or not able to read at grade level. so again we re not talking accelerated we re not saying oh we have two people ahead of the game and everybody else is in 50th percentile and everybody filtering below. we heard throughout the conversation of different things not being done and this is not finger blame or anything like that. but there were regulations that i feel like are being broken when it comes to these kids. they struggle with mental health. and they have to travel all