The city of Birmingham and Birmingham City Schools have teamed up to recruit retired teachers to tutor third grade students in reading.This is the second year they’ve partnered to support the Page Pals tutoring program that helps students prepare for the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program that students must pass to move on to fourth grade.”They have individual students that they work with from now through ACAP testing to really make sure we’re moving the needle on their proficiency,” Birmingham Chief of Staff Cedric Sparks said. The program uses the help of retired teachers and those who have flexible schedules who come into the schools and spend one-on-one time with the students. But they didn’t always use teachers. The program started after city leaders spent time in the schools themselves.”In an effort to support third grade literacy, the mayor wanted to team up with Birmingham City Schools to provide support in …