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MAPS superintendent: summer enrichment served 322 students; free school meals safe for first month amid state budget uncertainty
Summary
Superintendent Zack Sedgwick told the board that a six-week summer enrichment program served 322 JK–8 students and that MAPS provided roughly 20,000 meals in July. He said the district can guarantee no-cost student meals for the first month of the school year while the State of Michigan budget remains unresolved.
Superintendent Zack Sedgwick told the Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education that this summer the district ran a six-week enrichment program for 322 students in junior kindergarten through grade 8, providing each student with reading and math instruction plus two enrichment electives.
"This program not only reinforced core academic skills, but also offered students engaging and creative learning experiences over the summer," Sedgwick said. He also reported that MAPS participates in multiple federal and state meal programs and that the district provided approximately 20,000 meals in July during what he called the district's "busiest summer to date." Sedgwick said that during a typical school month the district can provide roughly 45,000–50,000 meals.
Sedgwick told trustees the State of Michigan has not yet passed its fiscal-year budget. "We are currently unaware if the Michigan School Meals Program will continue through the entire school year," he said, adding that the district will be able to provide meals at no cost to students for the first month of the school year and will continue planning once the state budget is finalized.
The board did not take action beyond receiving the report. Trustees asked staff to continue monitoring state appropriations and to report back with contingency options if state funding for no-cost meals is curtailed.
