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Summer programming, transportation and science textbook adoption face budget uncertainty as state allocation remains pending
Summary
Administrators outlined summer programming logistics and a science textbook adoption plan; the district is awaiting a state allocation that affects summer staff pay and camp funding. The science adoption will require an up-front textbook purchase on an eight-year cycle and later recurring consumable costs.
District administrators told the Milan Special School District Board on April 28 that summer programming and a recently approved science textbook adoption depend on pending state funding allocations.
Dr. Hamlin and summer-programming staff said the high-school summer program will focus on credit recovery (typically a two-week window with certified content teachers). Elementary and middle-school camps will be organized at Milan Elementary School (MES) and Milan Middle School (MMS), with rising kindergarten through fourth-grade at MES and rising fifth through ninth-grade at MMS. Transportation and school nutrition (breakfast and lunch) will be provided for students who need it; administrators said they aligned camp schedules across buildings for family convenience.
Summer sessions must include at least four instructional hours daily, with a minimum of one hour each of reading and math; administrators also plan one hour of intervention and at least one hour of play. Dr. Hamlin told the board the district previously supplemented camps with ESSER funds, which are no longer available; the loss of ESSER money makes the district more dependent on the legislature's summer allocation, which had not arrived at the time of the meeting.
On science adoption, presenters said the district purchases textbooks on an eight-year cycle and pays the bulk of the textbook cost in year one, with smaller recurring costs for consumable lab items in subsequent years. The initial first-year cost for textbooks was included in the packet as a projected amount for the district's eight-year adoption cycle; administrators said they will allocate funds for consumables in future budgets and allow teachers to order those items locally to best match classroom needs.
Board members asked for facility-level projected totals (which administrators agreed to provide) and for clarification of staff pay once the state allocation is confirmed. No formal vote was required on the summer-programming plan; the science adoption presentation accompanied other consent items in the packet.
