Teachers at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School load books onto the school’s R.E.A.D. Bus for its initial run Wednesday in neighborhoods in which the school’s students live. R.E.A.D. Buses from 20 of the city’s 24 elementary schools are part of the Reading Riders program to encourage students to read during the summer.
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‘Reading Riders’ starts summer routes
In 2015, Reading Riders, Richmond Public Schools’ mobile library program promoting literacy among youngsters in kindergarten through fifth grade, started with a bus full of books, five scheduled stops in students’ Richmond neighborhoods and about 10 to 15 teacher volunteers at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School.
