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Frontier reports summer-school growth and learning gains; district spent about $280,000
Summary
District staff presented summaries of elementary, middle and high school summer programs, reporting participation, staffing, learning gains and total costs of $279,815 for combined elementary and secondary programs.
Frontier Central School District staff reported Wednesday on the district’s 2025 summer programs for elementary, middle and high school students, detailing participation, staffing, academic outcomes and costs.
Julie Vermegan, director of the elementary summer program, said the elementary program ran July 8–Aug. 1 at Clover Bank Elementary. The district bused students from all four elementary schools; 146 students registered and 132 participated. Vermegan described the program as a tiered intervention aligned to MTSS and RTI goals and said teachers reported a 97 percent average student growth from standards-based pre- to post-assessments in the program’s content areas. Staffing for the elementary program included 22 teachers, one substitute, a nurse, two teacher assistants, clerical support and the director.
Middle school assistant principal John Rosenski said the middle-school program ran July 7–31 and was funded 100 percent by a Title IV dropout-prevention grant. The middle school invited 98 students based on screening (SEL needs, more than one grade level behind in reading or math, or chronic absenteeism); 62 registered and 58 enrolled and completed the program. Rosenski described a team model that placed invited students with the same adult daily to build relationships.
High school assistant principal Caitlin Torres said the high school summer program focused on credit recovery and exam preparation, running Monday–Thursday with two virtual Friday options to meet Regents minutes requirements. Staffing included 17 teachers (four special education), one counselor, a special-education exam coordinator and shared nurse and clerical support. Enrollment figures included 111 students registered for traditional high school summer programs and 182 students registered for five-day Regents review sessions. Program outcomes listed by Torres: 76 students attended regular courses earning 135 course credits; 19 students used an Edmentum program to earn 30 credits; and 147 students took 186 Regents exams, with 89 passing with a score of 65 or higher (several of those used allowable safety-net scoring). The district reported 11 students formally graduated as a result of summer programming (10 from the 2021 cohort and one 2020 cohort fifth-year graduate), with one additional 2021 cohort graduate pending an exam-score determination.
District-wide costs: The combined elementary and secondary staffing cost was $205,215; transportation cost was approximately $74,600, bringing the reported total for summer programming to $279,815.
Board reaction and context: Board members praised partnerships with the town of Hamburg (Camp Falcon), Western New York United leadership academy and district staff. Trustees asked about year-over-year participation; presenters said elementary and middle numbers were similar to the prior year, while some high-school course offerings were reduced because COVID-era funding that had previously supported low-enrollment sections was no longer available.
Ending: District staff said they will continue to analyze outcomes on a case-by-case basis with counselors and that the summer programs focused on preventing the “summer slide,” providing credit recovery and supporting students with attendance or SEL needs.
