Fort Atkinson summer school served 1,243 students; district says program is self-sustaining and expanding older-student offerings

Amy Oakley, the district’s Director of Instruction, told the Fort Atkinson Board of Education on Sept. 18 that 1,243 individual students attended the district’s 2025 summer school program and that the program produced a mix of academic and enrichment offerings while remaining financially self-sustaining.

Oakley opened her presentation by saying, “Here we are again, in the fall celebrating a successful summer school session.” She told the board the program is designed for elementary through high-school students and includes traditional morning classes, camps, academic interventions and credit-bearing high school coursework.

Oakley said the 1,243 figure counts individual students (some students took more than one class). The board was given a breakdown of attendees: 611 elementary students, 265 middle-school students and 367 high-school students. Oakley said the program offered 134 unique class options this year: 43 enrichment classes, 30 academic/intervention classes, 39 camps and 17 credit-recovery classes. The program employed…