Summer programs were the focus at Monday’s Valley Grove School Board meeting.
Valley Grove Superintendent Kevin Briggs told board members about a summer intervention program that would be available for all students to bolster their education.
Briggs emphasized the proposed four-week program would be available to any student, but he said classes would aim to build literacy and other fundamental skills that kindergarten through eighth-grade students need.
Briggs said the program would run congruent to the district’s summer school program that focuses on credit recovery for high school students. Summer school is tentatively scheduled for June 14 through July 29.
The program would include about $26,000 to $36,000 in teacher costs, $2,000 for material costs and additional transportation fees, Briggs said.
School board members are expected to vote on the program at next Monday’s meeting.
In other business Monday, assistant high school principal Andrew Carlson said the district is expected to complete benchmark tests by the end of March to see if students are lacking in any core educational areas.
Briggs also discussed with board members United Way’s Success by 6 summer program that would prepare 20 incoming Valley Grove kindergarten students for the next school year.
The six-week program over June and July is going to be voted on next week and was previously approved by board members last spring. But the program wasn’t held due to the pandemic.
Briggs said United Way would cover teaching and meal costs. The only fee to the school district would be for optional transportation costs, Briggs said.
All the board members except Melanie Anderson were present at Monday’s meeting.
