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District summer program coordinator outlines Ready, Set, Learn grant, staffing and low enrollment
Summary
Britney Pobuz, the district’s summer-program coordinator, told the board the Ready, Set, Learn literacy grant covers a summer program July 6–30 and supplies staffing, curriculum and community partners; she reported about 24 students enrolled and said the district was awarded roughly $109,800 for the program.
Britney Pobuz, the district’s summer program coordinator, presented the Ready, Set, Learn literacy program to the Port Orford-Langlois SD 2CJ board and described staffing, schedule and grant conditions.
Pobuz said the literacy-focused grant requires 80 hours of programming for most students, with a reduced 30-hour requirement for incoming kindergarten students. She said the district planned to run classes July 6–30 (Monday–Thursday, 8 a.m.–1 p.m.) for incoming 1st through 6th graders and a later July session for incoming kindergarteners. "So this summer is a little bit different...we were awarded about $109,800," she told the board, explaining the grant is competitive and emphasizes literacy instruction over broadly recreational activities.
The coordinator listed classroom staffing and supports: a kindergarten teacher (Kathleen), a 1st–2nd grade teacher (Jeff Anderson), a high-school teacher assigned to 3rd–6th grades (Emily Jackson), three aides, a behavior specialist scheduled for the last two weeks, and an ASL interpreter (Eden) for one enrolled student. Pobuz said the program had 24 students enrolled across three classrooms, lower than previous years.
Pobuz described curriculum and enrichment plans aligned to weekly themes (for example, a beach week and a technology week), a purchase of SRA Reading Laboratory materials for summer instruction, and a partnership with Porterfield Library to provide weekly library programming. She said the district purchased books to give to students and families and planned return-of-summer activities to build continuity with the school year.
Board members asked about data and evaluation. Pobuz said the program will use program-provided intake and exit assessments and compare results with the district’s i-Ready data; she also said the district is tracking attendance and targets students at or below benchmark for literacy. In response to a question about hours and state reporting, she said the program was structured to meet the grant’s attendance-hour requirements.
The presentation closed with a request to continue exploring additional program funding to restore some previously available recreational activities and expand enrollment next year.
Pobuz: "So my name is Britney Pobuz. I am our summer program coordinator," and she repeatedly emphasized that the grant’s literacy focus constrained some previously offered activities but provided important instructional supports.
