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Manassas board reviews expanded K–8 summer offerings and ESY special‑education plans
Summary
District staff outlined 2025 summer school plans — K–8 programs June 23–July 10, Osborne High School grades 9–12 June 16–July 24 — and described Extended School Year eligibility, projected ESY enrollment, and staffing needs.
District instructional leaders presented the district’s 2025 summer programs and extended school year (ESY) plans to the School Board of the City of Manassas.
Director of Instruction Dr. Stevenson and Director of Special Education Brian Maciak said K–8 programs will operate June 23–July 10, Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to noon at Baldwin Elementary (elementary) and Mayfield Intermediate (intermediate/middle). The district will target 60–90 students per grade with class sizes of about 15–20 students and estimated staffing and materials cost of about $310 per classroom per day. The high‑school program at Osborne High School is scheduled June 16–July 24, 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and will emphasize credit recovery, remediation and assessment support.
The presentation said invitations will be extended first to highest‑need students based on literacy and language data; schools will follow up with nonresponding families before offering additional seats.
Maciak outlined ESY eligibility: an IEP team determines ESY eligibility based on whether a student’s regular‑year gains would be significantly jeopardized without summer services. Traditional ESY is a classroom‑based program (targeting students on adapted curricula) and will run June 23–July 10 with staff hours 8 a.m. to noon; projected ESY qualification numbers for school year 2023–24 were presented as a reference (e.g., 54 students qualified for traditional ESY last year). The district anticipates 50–60 students may qualify for traditional ESY in 2025 and described nontraditional ESY options for targeted, lower‑volume services (typically 5–10 students).
Board members asked about academic measurement, curriculum alignment (summer program will extend the same core literacy and intervention curriculum used during the school year), transportation, costs, staffing limits and how special‑education minutes are provided. Staff said the largest limiter on expansion is staffing availability and that the district planned earlier recruitment this year to support expanded grade levels.
Staff noted regular summer school is voluntary for students who do not qualify for ESY but meet summer school criteria; last year, 67 students with IEPs and 12 with 504 plans participated in regular summer school. The presentation concluded with deadlines for case managers to provide ESY projections and materials to the special‑education office to allow planning.
