Pays Hoot Reading up to $76,400 for online after-school reading tutoring for 50 middle schoolers

Hoot Reading, Inc., of Winnipeg, will give 50 students at two middle schools up to 60 one-on-one online reading lessons with a qualified teacher, as part of a 20-week after-school tutoring program. Lessons are 30 minutes, three times a week. The agreement runs October 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, and the board is ratifying it after it began.

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Vendor / partner: Hoot Reading, Inc. · Winnipeg, MB
Action: New agreement
Category: After-school & summer programs
Term: Oct 1, 2025 – Apr 30, 2026
This vote: $76,400
Funding: Expanded Learning Opp Programs
Resource / site: 2600-922
Vendor no.: 008972
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-2521 · agenda O.-36
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Nov 12, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Hoot Reading, Inc., Winnipeg, MB, for the latter to provide a high-impact, after-school literacy intervention program across two (2) middle schools serving 50 students, with each student receiving 60 virtual lessons to improve their reading skills; participate in a 20-week literacy tutoring program, receiving up to 60 1:1 online reading lessons with a qualified teacher as part of their after-school programming; lessons in-school and be scheduled in 30-minute time blocks with 25 minutes of live instruction and 5 minutes of non-live data reporting; lessons scheduled during after-school programming, three times per week, based on each school's ideal time schedule, via Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of October 1, 2025 through April 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $76,400.00.

History

Nov 12, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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