Andrea Eger

Tulsa World Projects Reporter

Daniel Shular

Tulsa World Photojournalist

One local school district’s loss is proving to be another’s gain.

The national nonprofit Reading Partners is now recruiting 1,000 community volunteers for its significant expansion to serve elementary school students in Tulsa’s Union school district.

This comes just a few months after the end of Tulsa Public Schools’ long-standing partnership with the organization.

“We will definitely take advantage of this opportunity,” said Theresa Kiger, executive director of elementary education at Union Public Schools. “I am looking at data that shows 100% of our kids in kindergarten through second grade met their individual reading goals last year in Reading Partners.

“We are amazed at the growth our children

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