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RCSD has been moving towards a focus on centering instruction and the classroom experience on students, their learning, and their engagement. During recent school years, RCSD families have been learning about the RCSD Learner Framework, which was developed in partnership with the RCSD community. This framework, rooted in the District’s vision and mission, focuses on ensuring that all students are prepared to be empowered learners, knowledge constructors, effective collaborators, and creative communicators.

In 2023-24, RCSD will offer Transitional Kindergarten at nine schools, a 100% increase in the number of classes provided in 2022-23 when the District served 100 TK students. The more than $3 million investment in the hiring of credentialed teachers, instructional assistants, and the resources and supplies for each classroom means more than 200 TK students will have access to school, helping them develop the knowledge and skills they will need as they transition to Kindergarten.

Many of the educational leaders are current RCSD employees embracing new roles while others are new to the District and four have moved to California specifically to serve RCSD students.

The educators bring decades of leadership experience and institutional knowledge to continue the District’s work of creating a safe and supportive, inspirational and rigorous, joyful and inclusive environment for all learners.

When students consistently practice reading over the summer, they improve their reading fluency, vocabulary, and overall comprehension. Cultivating independent summer reading habits fosters a love for reading and encourages lifelong learning practices.