Students Surpass Book Club Challenge Goal & Slime Dr. Witherspoon

A lot of Richland One students really wanted to see the superintendent of their school district get slimed, and they proved it by reading for more than six million minutes.
On February 12, Richland One Superintendent Dr. Craig Witherspoon challenged students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade to read for 1.5 million minutes (or 25,000 hours) by March 28. If students met or exceeded that goal, Dr. Witherspoon promised that the top elementary school and middle school students would have the opportunity to slime him.
The results of the 2024 Superintendent’s Book Club Challenge are in - students exceeded the goal by reading for 6,010,907 minutes.
To become a member of the Superintendent’s Book Club, each student had to read for 1,000 minutes. This year, 2,327 students became members of the Book Club.
A special celebration was held April 25 at C.F. Bolden Stadium (adjacent to W.A. Perry Middle School), where students got to slime Dr. Witherspoon.
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