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Board transfers $2.72 million to fund 2025 summer Excel learning and enrichment programs
Summary
The board approved a $2,720,961 transfer within the general fund to create a summer school budget supporting the 2025 Summer Excel learning and enrichment programs; board members urged more comprehensive outreach and marketing.
The Savannah‑Chatham County Board of Education approved a budget transfer of $2,720,961 within the general fund to support the 2025 Summer Excel learning and enrichment programs.
Staff said the transfer will budget revenues and expenditures to operate summer learning offerings across the district. Board members expressed strong support for summer programming and urged staff to maximize outreach to families so students know about available opportunities. "If we can kind of take that same approach, and really promoting those opportunities for our families, I think that would be beneficial," board member Miss Grabowski said.
District staff replied they had undertaken paid promotions, social‑media outreach, targeted advertising (including local publications such as Southern Mamas) and a marquee on the district website, and said they would continue to expand outreach strategies in future years.
The motion to approve the budget transfer was moved and seconded and then adopted by the board. Staff said materials and schedules were posted on the district website.
