Washington Unified highlights summer programs, community partnerships and student publications

Washington Unified staff and partners used the Sept. 11 meeting to present summer-program highlights that district leaders said supported academic recovery, enrichment and student voice.

Assistant Superintendent Audrey Streak and program staff described multiple summer offerings: the English Learner and Dual Immersion Institute enrolled 153 students with 17 teachers from six schools; an extended-school-year program had 187 students and included paraeducator support and campus-based coaches; several high-school credit‑recovery programs produced substantial credit gains (Washington Middle College: 58 students; River City: roughly 400 students and nearly 1,722.5 credits completed). Streak said the programs align to the district strategic plan priorities for equity and opportunity.

Expanded learning staff highlighted partnerships, including work with 9 1 6 Inc, a Sacramento nonprofit that helps students publish creative-writing books. Ryan Carroll, the district’s coordinator of expanded learning programs, introduced 9 1 6 Inc representatives who described publishing more than 350 books in the past year across the region and noted that student books from Washington Unified are cataloged in the Library of Congress with ISBNs and are available for school libraries.

Staff said the district served more than 1,000 students across four expanded-learning sites this summer with enrichment themes, STEAM and physical-activity culminating events. The board thanked staff and community partners for program delivery and student engagement.

Trustees had no public comments on the information item and praised the work while asking staff to continue outreach about available summer options and to return program outcomes in future reports.