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RUSD outlines summer school dates, sites and intensified reading supports
Summary
District staff told the board summer school will run June 23–July 30 with K–8 and high‑school schedules, multiple neighborhood sites, and expanded reading intervention (UFLI) for second and third graders; students with reading plans will receive about 315 minutes of reading instruction weekly.
Racine Unified School District staff presented a summer‑school plan at the June 3 work session that sets a June 23 start, a July 30 end date, and a mix of neighborhood sites and high‑school hosts to serve elementary through high‑school students.
Jen Barncard, who the meeting introduced as the coordinator of summer school, said K–8 programs will run 8 a.m. to noon, while high‑school offerings will run 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sites for K–8 include Jerstad, Agerholm, Mitchell, Schulte and Starbuck; Julian Thomas will host K–5; Park High School will host Park‑area high‑school students and Horlick will host Horlick and Walden students. The Racine alternative learning program will also be open for summer sessions.
Barncard said curriculum choices are matched to student needs: early learning will use the Learning Without Tears approach for early literacy components; kindergarten through second grade will offer "lit camp" and third through fifth grades will use HMH Interventions. Under Act 20 the district is expanding targeted reading intervention: second and third graders with reading plans from spring conferences will be placed in UFLI (University of Florida Literacy Initiative) intervention groups. Students with personal reading plans will receive approximately 315 minutes of reading instruction per week, Barncard said.
For middle and high school students, the district plans project‑based learning uses of HMH and Moving with Math Foundations for algebra, Generation Genius for science, and continued use of Imagine Learning/Ingenuity for some credit‑recovery offerings. Barncard said the district installed a lockdown browser to secure quizzes and tests within Ingenuity coursework and will offer limited virtual original‑credit courses (health and PE) this summer.
Barncard directed trustees and the public to the district website for full materials and offered district contacts for follow‑up questions.
The presentation concluded with a short question‑and‑answer period addressing assessment security and instructional design.
