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District 99 summer school and extended-year program reports show targeted gains for English learners and credit recovery
Summary
District staff reported summer school outcomes including credit recovery numbers, the addition of EL English classes to help late-arriving students stay on track for graduation, and a sixth year of in-district extended school year (ESY) services for multi-needs students.
District staff presented data on summer programming and extended school year services and highlighted two areas of change: expanded EL-English summer classes to help late-arriving English learner students and stable growth in the district's ESY program for multi-needs students.
Why it matters: staff said EL students who enroll late in the school year often cannot earn required credits. The district ran EL-English summer classes this year and, according to the presentation, "we did put 12 or 13 EL students back on track to graduate on time," a staff member said. Staff said they expect to continue offering EL-English courses during future summers.
Summer school and credit recovery results: staff reported 42 students earned 39.5 online credit-recovery credits over the summer. Eight students who did not graduate in May were able to graduate after summer school, staff said. The presentation said nine students enrolled in four or more online courses and those nine students completed 27 courses. Staff also said grade distributions in summer classes were roughly consistent with the regular school year, noting about 48% A's, 20% B's and 16% C's among summer course grades (some online outcomes are graded pass/fail).
ESY (Extended School Year): staff explained that ESY is a law-mandated program for eligible multi-needs special education students who would likely regress without services. The board heard that this was the district's sixth summer operating ESY in-district (previously some students attended the cooperative SASID). Staff said in recent years the program has used the Transition Building and that the district was able to staff ESY largely with existing district personnel rather than hiring large numbers of external staff.
Staff emphasized staffing continuity: the presentation said seven certified staff worked as paraprofessionals this summer and that the district employed a small number of external specialists (one physical therapist from SASID and a nurse from LAADSE) for specific services.
Discussion points: board members asked about transcript handling when students repeat courses; staff explained the grade remains visible on the transcript but GPA points are recalculated so the higher grade counts toward GPA; credit is counted only once. Staff also reviewed self-reported reasons for attending summer school (enrichment, repeat for improved grade, flexibility) and said repeat-for-improved-grade enrollment rose to about 9%.
Next steps: staff said they would continue EL-English summer classes and maintain ESY programming. The board did not take formal action at this meeting.
