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DIVISION
LITERACY PLAN
DIVISION CONTACT INFORMATION
School Division: Newport News Public Schools | https://sbo.nn.k12.va.us
Superintendent: (Dr. Michele Mitchell) | michele.mitchell@nn.k12.va.us
Local School Board Chair: (Lisa Surles-Law) | lisa.surleslaw@nn.k12.va.us
Division VLA Lead: (Lori Wall) | lori.wall@nn.k12.va.us
Local Board Adoption Date for Division Comprehensive Plan: June 17, 2025
SECTION ONE: Planning for Comprehensive Communication
Directions: Describe the division literacy vision and when and how the vision will be
communicated with all stakeholders to be certain that all members of the community understand
what progress towards this vision looks like as the VLA is implemented. Stakeholder groups may
include parents, teachers, community members and other groups who have an interest in
evidence-based literacy instruction in the division.
School Division Literacy Vision:
Literacy unlocks new pathways, exposes passions, and unearths curiosities. Our commitment is
to use high-quality instructional materials grounded in the science of reading and evidence-based
literacy instructional practice to develop all students as skilled readers, writers, communicators,
and researchers. As a result, students will broaden their background knowledge of the world and
fuel their discovery of who they want to be and what they want to do.
STAKEHOLDER GROUP TIMELINE PLAN FOR COMMUNICATING
VLA Steering Committee
VLA Steering Committee Quarterly
meetings
School Board Work Sessions
School Board Ongoing
and/or Board Meetings
Central Office Senior Senior Staff Meetings
Ongoing
Leadership
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