It was kindergarten and the students were gathering around for a reading circle. For many students it was an average part of the day, but for some students it was the most nerve-wracking part of the day.
“It was so upsetting. He didn't know how to express himself,” Corley Irene Rasbury-Holt said, explaining the challenges her son endured while learning to read. “He would come home, and I'm like, ‘Oh, my gosh, what did you do?’ And he wouldn't tell me, of course. He just didn't know how to express himself… He would fiddle and cut up his clothes.”
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Cutler, left, and Covyn, right, both have athletic interest, with Cutler enjoying martial arts and Covyn enjoying dance.
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