Accepts free one-on-one reading tutoring from Hoot Reading for 192 students at six schools

Hoot Reading will run a pilot of high-dosage one-on-one reading tutoring for 192 students at six schools, with three 30-minute lessons a week, plus virtual tutoring and a liaison for school leaders. It costs the district nothing. A data sharing agreement covers how student data is shared and protected. The term is January 16 to June 30, 2024.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. AI summary · amounts checked against official text

Pulled from the consent vote. Adopted in its own vote at this meeting (6–0), instead of with the rest of the consent report.

Jan 10, 2024 · Adopted (passed). A motion was made by Director Thompson, seconded by Director Bachelor,that this Agreement or Contract be Adopted. The motion carried by the following vote:.

Anevay Cruz Absent
Vida Mendoza Absent
Jennifer Brouhard Absent
VanCedric Williams Aye
Jorge Lerma Aye
Valarie Bachelor Aye
Clifford Thompson Aye
Mike Hutchinson Aye
Benjamin "Sam" Davis Aye

Notes on the official text

The title and text label the agreements 2022-2023, but the text's explicit dates set the term as January 16, 2024 through June 30, 2024, which govern.

Vendor / partner: Hoot Reading, Inc.
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Jan 16, 2024 – Jun 30, 2024
Schools: ICS, Manzanita Community School, Madison Primary, Hoover, REACH, Franklin
Funding: No Fiscal Impact
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 23-2930 · agenda T.-70
Outcome: Adopted, Jan 10, 2024

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a No-Cost Services Agreement (SA) and Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) 2022-2023, each, by and between the District and Hoot Reading, Inc. for the latter to provide 1:1 High Dosage Literacy Tutoring as follows through the SA: · provide an in-school pilot program to work with 192 students at 6 OUSD schools who will receive 57 Hoot Reading lessons in total in a high-dosage model (three 30-minute lessons per week for a total of 19 weeks until the end of the 2023-2024 school year). A pre- and post-assessment will be administered to track students’ progress and outcomes will be shared with school administration; · provide one-on-one virtual tutoring for 32 students in each school receiving tutoring (ICS, Manzanita Community School, Madison Primary, Hoover, REACH, and Franklin). Students will be identified by site leadership as demonstrating need for additional reading support; and · provide implementation support of the tutoring through a liaison who communicates with site leaders and central leaders, at no cost to the District, for the term January 16, 2024 through June 30, 2024 and a DSA, for District’s transmission of or sharing pupil data with Hoot Reading, Inc., and the protection by Hoot Reading, Inc., of such data, for the same period as SA, via the Office of the Chief Academic Officer.

History

Jan 10, 2024 Adopted

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