When classes resume after Christmas break, Appomattox Elementary School (AES) and Appomattox Middle School (AMS) will be implementing a tutoring program named “All In Tutoring.”

The initiative was mandated by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin for all public school divisions in the state, from third through eighth grades, in response to statewide 2022-23 Standards of Learning (SOL) scores. According to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), more than half of all students in that grade range either failed the Reading SOL or are “at risk” of failing. In the Math SOL, two-thirds of students failed or are at risk. Failing scores are under 400. At risk scores are passing scores, above the 400 mark but not more than 448.

Cheryl Servis, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and CTE at Appomattox County Public Schools (ACPS), gave the Appomattox County School Board an overview of the program at the Dec. 14 meeting.

“The tutoring is focused on learning acceleration…grade-level content that supports and connects that lost learning to what they’re doing in the classroom right now,” Servis said.

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