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.. EXHIBIT B REDWOOD CITY MAIN LmRARY PROJECT READ FAMILIES IN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (FIPP) CONTRACT OBJECTIVES FISCAL YEAR 1995/96 The goal of FIPP is simple: to reduce the Righ school dropout rate. At Project READ we believe that, given the right environment, all children want to learn regardless of their prior academic performance. In the FIPP program, at-risk children rediscover the excitement of learning. This excitement is transferred into the classroom. For FY 1995196, a total of 110 at-risk children in the first through eighth grade will be tutored by 60 volunteer tutors. Fifteen of these 110 children will be CDBG eligible. To be eligible, both at-risk students AND volunteer tutors must be willing to meet twice weekly for a minimum of six months. Prior to being matched with a student, volunteers complete a 15- hour tutor-training workshop. Children who enter the FIPP program read five, six, even seven grades below their peers. To these at-risk students, reading is a frustrating, humiliating process. Traditional dropout-prevention programs tend to assist at-risk students by helping them with their homework or use school texts to teach basic reading and writing skills. FIPP takes a very different approach. FIPP is based on the simple premise that children who use fun and challenging materials that interest them will want to read more often. As a result, FIPP does not use a predetermined curriculum nor does it rely on school texts. Instead, FIPP tutors select reading material based on their student's interests and reading level. FIPP is based on a common sense approach. And it works! Over 90% of the children continue tutoring in the program past the six month period. Students improve their reading skills by two grade levels after only six months and a third grade level after one year. Project READ has received CDBG funding for the past five years. # of Personsl GoaJs Households Completion Date Match 5 at-risk children with 5 volunteer 5 October 31, 1995 Match 5 additional at-risk children with 5 new tutors 5 January 31, 1996 Match 5 additional at-risk children with 5 new tutors 5 March 31,1996 .~