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Superintendent outlines shorter summer program, expanded transportation to boost credit recovery
Summary
Superintendent Bridal presented a redesigned secondary summer school model that shortens credit-recovery blocks to two weeks per course, expands daily hours to 8 a.m.–1 p.m., and uses staggered bus routes to connect with elementary programs; the plan is a proposal for implementation, not a board vote.
Superintendent Bridal presented a redesign of the district's secondary summer school during the Board of Education meeting, proposing an 8 a.m.–1 p.m. daily schedule, two-week blocks per recovered course and a staggered transportation plan that would pair secondary and elementary runs so buses serve both groups at different times.
The plan is intended to increase enrollment and the effectiveness of credit recovery. "One of the things we noticed was that when you look at the data, it was really being underutilized," Bridal said, describing hurdles such as the length of the prior five-week commitment, student…
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