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Committee recommends targeted Summer Academy; debate centers on shortened schedule, lost ESSER funding and whether to fund transportation
Summary
Staff proposed a targeted Summer Academy (June 15—625, Monday Thursday, content-specific ELA mornings and math afternoons) funded from district tax dollars after ESSER ended; board and community members pressed hard on transportation, equity, attendance and prior costs (transportation ~$46,000; a cited $200,000 total spend figure).
District staff recommended returning to a targeted Summer Academy model to sustain learning gains and address summer learning loss, proposing June 15—625 (Monday Thursday), shortened days and content-specific instruction (ELA mornings, math afternoons) for students identified by universal screeners (DIBELS for ELA; Delta Math RTII for math).
The presentation included outcome data: about 70—73% of invited students attended at least 75% of the sessions; post-summer re-screening showed…
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