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Seminole County schools expand summer learning, special-education and career camps
Summary
Seminole County Public Schools presented detailed summer programming at its June 17 board meeting, including reading remediation camps for third graders, VPK and bridge VPK, ESY for students with disabilities, newcomer English-learner supports, high-school credit recovery, and ESE career camps and work-based learning opportunities.
Seminole County Public Schools outlined a broad set of summer programs on June 17 designed to support remediation, credit recovery and career exploration for students across grade levels.
Dr. Gooch, an assistant superintendent, told the school board the district ran summer learning camp (SLC) hubs for third-grade students who scored Level 1 on the Florida Standards Assessments to provide “intensive reading instruction and enrichment,” and said mathematics supports were added because “most of those students also need that support.”
The district also offered a title-funded rising-third-grade program at Title I schools to boost foundational reading and math skills for current second-graders. Assistant superintendents reported a full 300-hour summer Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) program running June 2–July 22 at hub sites and a small summer-bridge VPK (for children who scored at or below the 10th percentile on the PK3…
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