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District details July summer school program: targeted elementary interventions, regional middle program, expanded high‑school credit options
Summary
Administrators described a four‑week summer program (July 7–31) with targeted elementary remediation, regional middle‑school instruction, high‑school original and repeat credit options, meals and hub transportation, and an evaluation plan using pre/post assessments.
District staff presented details of the Washington County Public Schools summer school program, which will run July 7–31 and include elementary, middle and high school strands with meal service, transportation and academic evaluations.
"Our elementary school program will target about 10% of our student population," Dan Fowler, supervisor for school management, said. Elementary programming will be delivered at 16 sites in two two‑week sessions; each day includes roughly 70 minutes of focused instruction in both ELA and math with an approximate 12:1 staffing ratio. Breakfast and lunch will be provided and transportation will use hub stops in each school community.
Middle school programming will run regionally at the Innovative Learning Center (near South High), serving roughly 200 students in a four‑week program with 90 minutes of ELA and 90 minutes of math daily; staff said middle school will mirror the elementary instructional model but in longer blocks. High school summer school will run longer days (approximately 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.) and offer seven original‑credit courses and 17 repeat‑credit courses; students may earn one original credit or two repeat credits during the session.
Staff outlined budgets and assessments: elementary transportation budgeted at about $85,000 and general‑fund staffing at roughly $170,000 (with some community‑schools funds supplementing sites); middle‑school transportation estimated at $50,000 and staffing at about $70,000; high‑school transportation and staffing costs were described as higher but not finalized. For evaluation, staff will use pre/post math assessments and DIBELS and CAPTI for elementary ELA; middle school and intermediate elementary use CAPTI for ELA; high‑school students may take state assessments as needed for graduation requirements. A summer graduation ceremony is scheduled for July 31 at South Hagerstown High School.
The registration process differs by level: elementary invites are targeted by school staff to identified students with learning gaps, middle‑school invites use counselor/assistant principal outreach with parental consent, and high‑school registration follows counselor and registrar processes; staff said more than 400 high‑school students were enrolled at the time of the presentation. Board members raised concerns about middle‑school attendance and urged stronger outreach beyond passive invitations; staff said they would monitor attendance and results and return to the board with outcome and budget reporting early in the following school year.
The board did not take action at the meeting; staff will report attendance, assessment results and final cost figures in the months after the program concludes.
