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Haysville board hears plan for four-week summer reading intervention for highest-risk students
Summary
District leaders proposed a new four-week, three-hour daily summer reading program for students scoring in the bottom percentiles on winter FastBridge screenings, funded with state at‑risk dollars; program capacity, staffing and measurement plans discussed.
Haysville Unified School District officials proposed a new four-week summer program to provide intensive reading instruction to students identified as highest risk on the district’s winter FastBridge universal screener.
District staff told the Board of Education that roughly 464 students scored in the first through 14th percentile on the winter FastBridge fluency and early reading measures and that existing summer offerings do not target that group. Dr. Queen Reed, presenting under the district's reports on learning, described the proposal as a 4-week, 3-hour-per-day, explicit-instruction program capped at 15 students per classroom with one teacher and two paraeducators assigned to each class.
The district said state at‑risk funding will pay for the pilot. "We were able to secure some at risk funding that would fund this program," Mr. Ryan said during the presentation. Board discussion clarified that the district understands state rules limit eligible expenditures and that transportation and meals for participating students are expected to be covered under the same at‑risk allocation. Dr. Reed said leaders will post one internal administrator position to run the summer program and hire classroom staff after board approval.
Board members asked how success will be measured. Dr. Reed said the district will look to fall FastBridge scores and build longitudinal data to assess whether scores improve after the summer intervention. She also said the district may pair the intervention with an afternoon enrichment program to create a full-day option (8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) that includes breakfast and lunch and transportation.
Officials emphasized this is a targeted pilot and not a guarantee of reaching every student who needs help. The district plans additional next-year instructional changes at the building level to reduce the number of students in the highest-risk tier.
If piloted, the program will begin hiring immediately after the board meeting and will provide pre-service training for staff before the school year ends. The board did not take an action vote on the program during the meeting; the presentation was presented as a program proposal and request for authority to post positions.
The district packet and the presentation estimate 464 students in the target group, four weeks of instruction, class size up to 15, three hours of daily instruction, two paraeducators per class and the use of state at‑risk funds for staffing, transportation and meals.
Board members and presenters said they will return with implementation details and measurable targets if the board subsequently approves the program.
