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Report Cards: Richmond still failing

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Jessica Benedick uses a song to teach Spanish to third-graders at Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles. This is the first year for the school, which is for third- through fifth graders.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

A fifth-grader uses her school-issued iPad during a reading enrichment period in Dena Leckbee's class at Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Hallways signs at the new Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles are in English and Spanish. Before Richmond merged with Davis Elementary, about 54 percent of its students were Hispanic.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Jessica Benedick teaches Spanish to third-graders at Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Alex Aubert, 11, uses his school-issued iPad during reading enrichment time in Dena Leckbee's fifth-grade class at Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

Amy Quezada, 10, Alex Aubert, 11, and Zack Morgan, 10, work on their iPads at Richmond Intermediate School in St. Charles in Dena Leckbee's fifth-grade class.

Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer

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Richmond Elementary in St. Charles once again didn't meet state goals for improving students' reading and math skills, but it did improve. But it is a new ballgame this year, as Richmond's students have been blended with another schools.

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