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District reports strong summer-program participation; volunteer support and expanded services noted
Summary
Waterford School District reported robust summer programming: K'5 Summer Academy (92), ESY (52), preschool (21), Wilson literacy for 17 students, approximately 260'270 total participants, and roughly 840 volunteer hours; the district also signed a short-term turf remediation agreement.
District administrators delivered the first presentation of the year with a detailed report on summer programming, staffing and ancillary district updates.
Co-directors Chris Scordia (Quaker Hill principal) and Joe Mancini summarized Summer Academy and Extended School Year (ESY). They said Summer Academy served general-education students needing intervention, while ESY supports students with IEPs. Reported counts included 92 K'5 Summer Academy students, 52 ESY students, and 21 preschool participants; district staff estimated total summer-program participation at about 260'270 when overlaps are combined. The Wilson literacy program provided targeted instruction to 17 students.
Staffing largely came from within Waterford: administrators said nearly all program staff were district employees, with about 44 paraprofessionals supporting programming. High school volunteers contributed roughly 840 hours, and staff organizing volunteers were singled out for thanks.
Administrators described program structure (July 10'Aug. 10; Monday'Thursday schedules), social-skills groups, PE, art and music offerings and an Explorer Cafe that gave students hands-on practice with math and service tasks. The district also reported the ESS (Effective School Solutions) therapeutic program expanded to the middle school under the existing contract and that the program is already showing positive results.
The district announced it signed a short-term remediation agreement with vendor Championship Turf to top-dress and overseed the Greatneck field; staff reported the amount "came in at $1,495" and are scheduling the work in coming weeks. The superintendent noted an Oct. 7 RT meeting will review turf-field replacement, tennis-court replacement and funding for the Greatneck remediation.
Administrators said they will provide a first quarterly report on the implementation of the elementary security model requested by the board; initial anecdotal feedback from principals and security staff has been positive.
Quotations from presenters: "We had decent attendance," one co-director said of summer programs. "Summer Academy is for general-education students that receive intervention during the school year," another explained.
Next steps: the superintendent will provide the quarterly security-model report and staff will bring capital-project details to the Oct. 7 RT meeting.
