Student Diego Barba, center, as the top reader in Riverside County receives a new iPad from Menifee Valley Middle School Principal Arronda Douglas; Mrs. Barba; Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Edwin Gomez, Ed.D., and Menifee Union School District Superintendent Jennifer Root. Valley News/Menifee Union School District photo
MENIFEE – The Menifee Union School District had a visit from Edwin Gomez, Ed.D., superintendent of Riverside County schools, Thursday, Sept. 1. Over the summer, the county superintendent launched a literacy contest for students across Riverside County. Students could access the Footsteps-2-Brilliance application to maintain or accelerate their reading skills. Tony Thurmond, state superintendent of public instruction, announced a $27 million digital literacy partnership with this same application the day before.Riverside County educates over 430,000 students across approximately 515 schools, and two of the winners in this competition were from Menifee Union School District.“We value the partnership with the Riverside County Office of Education,” Jennifer Root, Ed.D., Menifee d
