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Onalaska board approves 2025 summer school schedule, adds hybrid high‑school credits and enrichment options
Summary
The Onalaska School Board approved the district’s 2025 summer school offerings Feb. 24: June programming condensed to two weeks for grades 1–8, middle school to host July grades 5–8 due to construction, high school to offer hybrid online/in-person credit courses, and new enrichment options (tennis, pickleball, arts, drama) were added.
The Onalaska School Board voted Feb. 24 to approve the 2025 summer school course offerings, a package administrators said reflects building construction constraints and new program options intended to boost enrollment.
"We are extremely grateful that we'll be able to to offer summer school programming at the middle school in July," Kelly, the presenter of the summer plan, told the board. She said June programming for grades 1–8 will return to a two‑week schedule (shorter than last year’s three weeks), while July will host expanded offerings for grades 5–8 at the middle school. Grades 1–4 are scheduled for Northern Hills Elementary, and the district will continue kindergarten camps at each kindergarten’s home building.
The high school will for the first time offer some credit courses in a hybrid model, with both online and in‑person hours intended to meet credit-hour requirements. Administrators said they surveyed families in advance and expect the option to increase enrollment at the high school.
New enrichment options for July include tennis and pickleball for grades 5–8, arts and crafts, drama (which returned after being scaled back last year), and the district said it hopes to add fishing if staffing and logistics allow. The Coulee Regional Adventure Camp will run in early June for five days and—depending on staff availability—may offer four sessions to accommodate demand.
The board also approved continuing two academic‑interventionist positions (one for grades 1–4 and one for grades 5–8) to support reading and math interventions. A motion to approve the summer offerings as presented was moved and seconded, and the board approved the plan on a voice vote.
Administrators said they will monitor enrollment and family feedback, and families will be surveyed again in spring to refine communications and programming for future years.
