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District reports strong first-year results from Rio Hondo Math Academy partnership
Summary
The district partnered with Rio Hondo College for a five-week, intensive summer math academy; presenters reported roughly 500+ enrolled, low attrition, high success (about 85% C-or-better), embedded peer tutors and plans to expand outreach and recruitment next year.
District and Rio Hondo College leaders presented results from the inaugural Rio Hondo Math Academy partnership, which ran a five-week, six-hours-per-day summer program designed to accelerate math learning. Dr. McGinnis and math coordinator Alex Sanchez said the district fielded the largest number of course sections in the consortial partnership and that outcomes exceeded typical summer-school results.
Sanchez said the district offered roughly 14 sections and enrolled around 504—27 students who attended at least one session; he reported completers of 471 and 448 students achieving a C or above. "For our successfully completed student C or above, we had 85 percent of our students overall in the district be successful in this math academy," Sanchez told trustees. He said the program targeted students who needed acceleration and that many students, including underclassmen, gained access to higher-level courses like precalculus and calculus.
Presenters outlined operational features tied to success: a district-based math coordinator who maintained continuity across sites, embedded tutors (many recent graduating seniors) in every classroom, rigorous teacher vetting by Rio Hondo staff, and supplemental once-daily tutoring hours. Students who served as tutors were paid roughly $19 an hour; summer-teacher pay was reported at about $69'$71 per hour depending on credential status, and the district paid for workbooks and curriculum materials.
Trustees focused questions on attrition differences across high schools, recruitment of incoming freshmen and underrepresented campuses, and a plan to shift parent-information nights to school sites rather than the district office. Student trustees and a number of board members recommended stronger outreach to the low-participation campuses and asked that student ambassadors who completed the academy help recruit next year.
Trustees requested follow-up data including a school-by-school breakdown of enrollments and completions, summer-school passing rates for the traditional summer program, and financial details about Rio Hondo's investment in the local program.
