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 summer jobs and lack of transportation. He emphasized the district will provide breakfast and lunch at no cost during the extended hours.

Under the proposed model, a student needing to recover credit for a single course would attend for two weeks (three days one week and three days the following week); students needing two courses would return for a second two-week session. Bridal said the revised schedule would allow the district to finish the summer program by July 31, leaving families time in August before New York State's Regents exams. "Regents exams, we can't do anything about those dates. That's set by New York State," Bridal said, noting the district could add targeted Regents review immediately before the statewide exam dates if staffing allows.

To address earlier transportation and attendance barriers, the superintendent said the district will "bookend" its elementary program with secondary routes: high school and middle school buses would pick up elementary students when the elementary program starts and later return to pick up secondary students, using the same vehicles but not transporting both groups simultaneously. "They would be the same buses, just not at the same time," Bridal said.

Bridal identified staffing and student attendance as additional constraints the redesign aims to reduce by shortening commitments and offering meals and more engaging, project-based learning during the longer daily block. He credited high school teacher Carrie Schlegler for expanding a new scientific-research course that helped inform the district's view of instructional opportunities in extended-day formats.

No formal board action was recorded on the proposal during the meeting; the presentation was informational and the superintendent said he will follow up with details and answer questions as the district prepares to launch the summer model.