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Board hears multi-level summer learning plan with city parks partnership, scholarships and site consolidations
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Josh Satterfield and Woodhaven Parks & Recreation's Mike Schmidhu presented a multi-year summer learning program that uses state categorical grants and a city partnership to deliver K–12 enrichment, Kinder Lit Lab seats, field trips and scholarships; construction will consolidate some summer sites.
At its May 13 meeting the Woodhaven‑Brownstown School District presented a consolidated summer learning plan that links K–12 academic intervention, social‑emotional support and enrichment with a multi‑year partnership with the City of Woodhaven parks and recreation department.
Assistant Superintendent Josh Satterfield said the program is aligned with the district strategic plan and aims to “sustain intervention to stop and remediate learning loss and also provide some enrichment.” He described a K–5 model with five summer check‑in events, a Kinder Lit Lab eight‑week readiness program (15 seats per elementary), scholarships to the City of Woodhaven parks and recreation programs, and celebration capstones in the fall.
Satterfield said the district has leveraged ESSER funding in the past and is now planning to use a combination of a 23gs expanded learning time grant and “31a,” the year‑to‑year at‑risk categorical funding from the State of Michigan, to support much of the summer work. He said food service and transportation are coordinated with district operations to reduce barriers to participation.
Mike Schmidhu, representing the City of Woodhaven parks and recreation department, described daily programming, field trips and an end‑of‑summer Olympics event at the Woodhaven High School Sports Complex. Schmidhu said rotations include gym, outdoor activities, arts and crafts and small‑group academic activities. He described the program as a community legacy that returns many participants as staff and noted that many former participants now serve locally as teachers, coaches, police officers and firefighters.
Satterfield and Schmidhu provided enrollment figures and site logistics: the program reported 920 participants last year (about 800 Woodhaven/Brownstown residents and about 120 out‑of‑district participants). This year’s plan projected about 725 local students and roughly 75 out‑of‑district attendees; the reduction reflects that only three elementary schools will be open for summer programming because of construction. Satterfield said Bates and Goodeth elementary programs will be consolidated for the summer—Bates students at Irving and Goodeth students at Yake—while Wagenca will run its own program; middle‑ and high‑school programs will be held at the high school because Brownstown Middle School will be unavailable during construction.
High‑school offerings include credit recovery and a second year of the GM Student Corps, a GM‑sponsored eight‑week program focused on community service, life skills and college readiness; students also earn modest income for summer work. Satterfield invited board and community members to a K–5 summer check‑in event scheduled for June 18 at Hall Road Park.
Satterfield also noted staffing and scale: “We have 60 plus WBSD staff that make this happen,” he said, thanking administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals and counselors for summer commitments.
No board action was required on the presentation itself; the board will receive further program updates during the summer as events occur.
