We have excellent teachers in the Webster Groves School District. They deserve a better reading curriculum than the one they have. At Clark Elementary School, only 69.3% of students scored proficient or advanced in reading, according to the Missouri Department of Education. That means nearly one in three students are not reading proficiently, by the departmentâs definition of proficiency. Clark is one of the highest scoring elementary schools in the district. So what is our Webster Groves School District reading curriculum? Sorry, I have bad news for homeowners in Webster. We use Units of Study, which reading experts do not recommend, especially for struggling readers. Look up Emily Hanfordâs reporting with APM Reports on how a flawed idea of reading instruction became ingrained in U.S. classrooms. I donât know what Kirkwood uses, but Lindbergh parents fought to remove Units of Study.