Administrators told the board they plan to spend about $ 50,000 more than is budgeted on specific efforts at Sylvanie Williams — more social work support and therapy, to help students whose personal circumstances are keeping them from learning, more substitute teachers and stipends for current teachers who are spending
additional hours tutoring the students, more laptops for some of the computer - based learning programs, and money for busing students to weekend tutoring sessions.
Among the suggestions are a minimum of 10
hours of test preparation for all pupils to minimise the advantage offered by private
tutoring; ensuring grammar schools prioritise pupils eligible for the pupil premium (
additional funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils); and improving outreach work to poorer families.