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Suggestions/Questions:

1. Where does the money go that students’ pay for the court ordered “Acting Responsible Class”? When a student goes to court, there is a $50 amount that is part of the fees. That $50 amount goes to the City of Dayton for paperwork and administration costs. The $75 that is charged for the actual class goes to Dayton ISD and into the general fund.

2. When a parent does not like what a teacher has said in class to students, what should that parent do? As a parent, you should always express your concern to that teacher, and then to the campus administration.

3. Why don’t the students read more in the classrooms? At the K-1 campus, Language Arts are formally taught for 2 hours and 15 minutes each day. 1 1/2 hours are in large group instruction and 45 minutes are in small group setting. Additionally, at-risk students go for intensive instruction in reading for 20-45 minutes. Within the Language Arts block is reading, writing, phonics, and spelling. At some other campuses, sustained reading is implemented into their routines. Parents need to encourage reading (for pleasure) at home as much as possible. It is amazing what research indicates the increase in student achievement and reading a set number of minutes per day. (see below)

Relationship Between Time Spent Reading and Reading Achievement 5th Grade Students
Percentile Rank	Minutes of Text Reading per Day	Estimated Number of Words Read per Year
98	90.7	4,733,000
90	40.4	2,357,000
70	21.7	1,168,000
50	12.9	601,000
20	3.1	134,000
10	1.6	51,000
from Anderson et al., 1988, Table 3, N=155