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District reports more than 500 summer-school enrollments, plans to centralize elementary program to cut costs
Summary
Summer school administrators told the board that the 2024 program served 500+ high-school enrollments with an 87% course completion rate and an elementary summer-reading program that invited 274 students (124 attended); staff reported total program costs of about $212,000–$213,000 and recommended centralizing elementary programming to reduce transportation and nursing costs.
At the Sept. 9 Camas School District workshop, summer school administrators presented program goals, enrollment results and a detailed budget review for 2024, and discussed next-year planning to improve access while containing costs.
Evan Lustig, summer school administrator and third-grade teacher at Woodburn Elementary, said the elementary program focused on literacy and social-emotional learning and invited students who scored "well below" on midyear Amplify/MCLASS screenings. He reported 274 students qualified for elementary invitations; 159 confirmed and 124 ultimately attended. "That 124 number, I felt the best about," Evan said, noting staffing constraints limited how many invited students the program could…
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