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Summer session for Rolla Public Schools will start Monday, June 4, the school board decided Thursday night.
Meeting in regular session, the Rolla Board of Education approved the summer school plan presented by Assistant Superintendent Craig Hounsom who said the 2012 summer session will run for 20 instructional days in four Monday-through-Friday weeks.
For the last two years, there has been uncertainty about state funding. That uncertainty has worked to Rolla’s advantage, although students in other districts are being penalized.
Hounsom said two years ago when the Legislature talked about cutting funding for summer school, approximately 40 percent of the districts decided not to offer summer school.
Last year, state funding was again questionable when school districts started planning their summer session, so most of those schools opted again not to offer their students the summer opportunity.
“At this point, there is no (indication) summer school (financing) will be touched (by budget cutters),” Hounsom said.
Rolla’s 2012 summer school will be a lot like what it was last year with the curriculum “tightened up,” Hounsom said.
Summer school, which will end Friday, June 29, will be offered at all school levels.
“The elementary and middle school program will consist of one four-hour block each day for a total of 80 hours,” Hounsom said. “The high school will offer two three-hour blocks each day for a total of 120 hours.”
Wyman Elementary School will be the site for elementary students. If enrollment requires additional space, the overflow of students will attend classes at Rolla Middle School.
Students exiting grades 5-7 will attend classes at the middle school.
Rolla High School will be open for students exiting grades 8-11 who need credit recovery options to make up course work or who want flexibility in their schedules during the regular school year.
Rolla High School is in the midst of a construction project, so it’s possible RHS summer school could be held at the Rolla Junior High.
“In order to help keep costs manageable, we will require a 20:1 student-teacher ratio in each class,” Hounsom said. No field trips will be offered during the summer.
Lunch at all three sites is planned, as is bus transportation within the Rolla city limits. Last year, nearly 1,100 students received almost 7,400 hours of instruction during summer session.
Summer session for Rolla Public Schools will start Monday, June 4, the school board decided Thursday night.
Meeting in regular session, the Rolla Board of Education approved the summer school plan presented by Assistant Superintendent Craig Hounsom who said the 2012 summer session will run for 20 instructional days in four Monday-through-Friday weeks.
For the last two years, there has been uncertainty about state funding. That uncertainty has worked to Rolla’s advantage, although students in other districts are being penalized.
Hounsom said two years ago when the Legislature talked about cutting funding for summer school, approximately 40 percent of the districts decided not to offer summer school.
Last year, state funding was again questionable when school districts started planning their summer session, so most of those schools opted again not to offer their students the summer opportunity.
“At this point, there is no (indication) summer school (financing) will be touched (by budget cutters),” Hounsom said.
Rolla’s 2012 summer school will be a lot like what it was last year with the curriculum “tightened up,” Hounsom said.
Summer school, which will end Friday, June 29, will be offered at all school levels.
“The elementary and middle school program will consist of one four-hour block each day for a total of 80 hours,” Hounsom said. “The high school will offer two three-hour blocks each day for a total of 120 hours.”
Wyman Elementary School will be the site for elementary students. If enrollment requires additional space, the overflow of students will attend classes at Rolla Middle School.
Students exiting grades 5-7 will attend classes at the middle school.
Rolla High School will be open for students exiting grades 8-11 who need credit recovery options to make up course work or who want flexibility in their schedules during the regular school year.
Rolla High School is in the midst of a construction project, so it’s possible RHS summer school could be held at the Rolla Junior High.
“In order to help keep costs manageable, we will require a 20:1 student-teacher ratio in each class,” Hounsom said. No field trips will be offered during the summer.
Lunch at all three sites is planned, as is bus transportation within the Rolla city limits. Last year, nearly 1,100 students received almost 7,400 hours of instruction during summer session.
