District outlines summer school schedule, hubs, camps and budget not-to-exceed amounts

District staff presented the Aurora East USD 131 summer school plan to the Programs Committee on March 17, detailing schedules, hub sites, curricular materials, enrichment offerings and projected costs.

Key logistics: preschool through eighth-grade students begin summer programming on June 9 and sessions run Monday through Thursday through July 3, with no class on June 19. High school programming begins earlier: teacher training on June 3 and students starting June 4; high school offerings include original-credit courses (health and driver's education) in AM and PM sessions and credit recovery in the AM. Breakfast and lunch will be provided depending on session. Students attending summer school may be bused to East High for sports camps.

Hub sites and special programs: Oak Park will host preschool and ESY (extended school year) preschool; "Hermas" (as referenced in the packet) will serve northern K-5 students and Dietrich will serve southern K-5 students. Middle school programming will be hosted at Simmons; Extension Campus students will attend at the Extension campus; high school programming will be at East High. The district will offer STEM Ignition summer camp (funded by the Dunham Foundation) with robotics and competition opportunities; the City of Aurora will offer a free full-day camp at O'Donnell Elementary separate from district academic summer school; and the All Youth Leadership Project will run at a recreation center for middle school students.

Materials and costs: elementary materials (Scholastic Lit Camp and I-Ready math) are already on hand and carry no additional cost this year, district staff said. Middle-school partners include Elevate staff; the cost for middle/high programming support was listed as not to exceed $120,000 and is dependent on enrollment and sections run. Trainer costs for staff professional development (Every Monday Manners) were listed at $2,300. Basic student supply costs were estimated not to exceed $8,000. Staff said summer programming costs will be paid from PFA, IDEA and Title funds and the committee would see final quotes and a not-to-exceed approval at the regular board meeting in April.

Staff said enrollment invitations will start targeted to students with identified math and reading needs, then open to all interested students; enrollment was expected to wrap up in mid-to-late April. No committee votes on the summer-school plan were recorded in the transcript excerpt.