Most Madison County school systems are keeping up their summer school programs despite budget constraints.
At Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, things are being done as they have in past years, according to Superintendent Bobby Fields.
He said most summer school classes, which lasted all of June, were offered for credit recovery for high school students and redemption for elementary and junior high students.
“We also offer the Title I reading program,” said Fields.
In the two weeks before school begins, Fields said the Jumpstart program, geared to all students who didn’t pass ISTEP, will begin.
“It’s the same we’ve done in the past few years,” Fields said.
As previously reported in The Herald Bulletin, Anderson Community Schools has altered its summer school program by offering fewer courses because of student participation, according to Nancy Farley, summer school coordinator. Each class needs to have 15 students to be taught, said Farley, who added that nearly 300 ACS students are attending summer school this year.
South Madison Community Schools has increased its summer school offerings for elementary students while the high school summer program has remained steady, according to Bill Bolander, assistant superintendent at South Madison. Kindergartners who were identified as possibly being at risk will have an eight-day camp before school begins.
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