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Colonial SD recommends shorter, content-specific Summer Academy; board debates transportation and budget
Summary
District staff recommended returning to a pre-pandemic Summer Academy model (June 15–25; Monday–Thursday; content-specific ELA mornings and math afternoons) and said ESSER grants ended so the district will fund the program; board members pressed to retain transportation options or consider nominal fees and scholarships for access.
District staff reviewed outcomes from last year’s Summer Academy and proposed a narrower, more sustainable model for 2026.
Staff said they used universal screeners (DIBELS for ELA and Delta Math) to assess summer-program impact and reported that students showed gains in readiness skills but remained below the 70th percentile overall. Based on teacher and family feedback, staff recommended running Summer Academy June 15–25, Monday through Thursday, with content-specific blocks (ELA in the morning; math in the afternoon), and targeting…
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