Louisiana Key Academy -Focus on Reading BIZ Northwest Louisiana [Video]

I had no idea about the prevalence of dyslexia until I became involved in a movement to bring Louisiana Key Academy Charter School to Shreveport. Everywhere I went people would talk about their personal stories and stories about friends and family with lifetime reading difficulties and dyslexia. Many of them would be well known to those reading this article as government and business leaders in our community.

The most striking story for me was when we presented to the Caddo Parish School Board in hopes of purchasing the vacant Arthur Circle School. It was amazing to me to hear stories told about friends with dyslexia from nearly every school board member.

The realtor who represented the competing group considering purchase of the building at Arthur Circle related her story about her sister and severe dyslexia – a wish there would have been a school like Key Academy for her sister!

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