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District outlines 2025 summer academic and enrichment programming, including schedule changes and scholarship policies
Summary
Administration reviewed academic summer-school scheduling changes, a new intensive in-person algebra offering, expanded enrichment camps and a continuing scholarship policy to ensure access.
District staff presented the 2025 summer-program lineup, describing changes to academic scheduling and expansion of enrichment opportunities.
Holly McKinney presented the district's plan to concentrate elementary summer school into four full weeks in June (Monday'Thursday) to improve attendance and learning continuity. High-school credit recovery will remain hybrid, with an added in-person, intensive Algebra I option: a four-week, in-person course requiring students to attend six hours per day, Monday'Thursday, intended to strengthen essential algebra skills and reduce subsequent course failures.
Enrichment offerings will expand. The district will continue AlphaBEST summer camps (pre-K through grade 6), add a new Adventures in STEAM camp targeted at pre-K/kindergarten children, offer middle-school STEAM camps and continue high-school internship opportunities tied to summer STEAM programs. McKinney said scholarships are available for any family that cannot pay, and the district confirmed it will not turn away students for lack of ability to pay.
Staff said online supplemental programs (Waterford, Lexia Core5, Imagine Math and others) will remain available for students who cannot attend in-person programs. The district also confirmed continued deployment of the learning bus for book checkout and STEM activities around the community during the summer.
Costs: McKinney said elementary summer school is free to qualifying students; high-school credit recovery is $150 per credit semester ($50 for additional semesters) but free to low-income students; credit advancement is $2.50 per credit semester with reductions for eligible students; enrichment camps will range roughly from $100 per week (half-day) to $200 per week (full day). Scholarships and donation-based sponsorships are available.
The board asked about outcomes and whether the district had seen a reduction in summer learning loss; McKinney said academic programs track data and that June attendance/impact tends to be stronger than July, prompting the scheduling change. The summer-program slate is informational; no board vote was required at this meeting.
