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Huron schools report mixed summer-school gains; district readies professional development
Summary
Mrs. Konechnie told the Huron School District 02-2 board that summer-school class sizes were generally 12–13, that SuccessMaker use produced typical gains of about one month for grades 2–5, and that bus monitors and staffing changes helped morning drop-off run smoothly. Superintendent Dr. Steinhoff announced professional development dates and a new regional leadership role.
Mrs. Konechnie reported to the Huron School District 02-2 board that 159 students attended summer programming at one site, and that district K–5 enrollment this year was 422. She said grade-level cohorts ranged from about 62 to 83 students and typical class sizes ran 12–13, with 16 as an outlier. The summer program employed 33 grade-level teachers, 35 paraeducators, 10 Madison student workers and seven bus monitors to support arrival and departure routines.
"When it was used with fidelity, students showed at least a month's worth of growth," Mrs. Konechnie said of SuccessMaker, the software used for grades 2–5; she added that some students showed up to four months of growth while others were outliers with minimal gain. She told the board the district will review implementation fidelity and assessment practices as an administrative team to ensure growth measures are valid.
The board and administration described bus-monitoring changes that staggered drop-off locations (Buchanan, Madison, Washington) and placed adults on buses to assist younger students; board members called the new route and monitoring arrangement "seamless." The summer program cost presented in the discussion was about $89,000 for 14 days of programming (roughly 2.5 hours per day).
Superintendent Dr. Steinhoff said professional development began the prior week with new-staff orientation and continues through the following Monday, aligning with the district's staff-development strategic initiative. He also announced his election as region 7 representative on the School Administrators of South Dakota executive board, a three-year term through July 2027, and reminded the board that the next school year starts Aug. 20.
Board members posed no formal questions that altered the program plan; the discussion concluded before the meeting moved to the business manager's and agenda items that followed.
