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Barre Unified pauses summer school for one year as district evaluates effectiveness and funding
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The Barre Unified Union School District #97 board on Monday discussed the district’s decision to pause general summer school for the coming year and the steps administrators say are needed before a program could return.
The Barre Unified Union School District #97 board on Monday discussed the district’s decision to pause general summer school for the coming year and the steps administrators say are needed before a program could return.
Superintendent (name not specified) told the board the decision to pause was made by district administrators after concluding that pandemic-era ESSER grants that had funded summer school are no longer available and including summer school in the current operating budget would have forced additional staff reductions.
The superintendent said in a written memo read to the board, “we are unsure how beneficial [summer school] was since we've not…
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