Summer school to go on despite budget woes
San Diego News Network
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education tonight unanimously agreed to continue operating summer school despite a perilous financial situation. The school board rejected a companion proposal to stop requiring summer school for students in danger of being retained at a grade level. District officials allocated $4.6 million for summer school for nearly 1,700 students who might be kept behind in first, third and eighth grades; about 10,600 who need to make up a D or F grade in a core subject; and others who will start taking algebra. Summer sessions will be held at elementary and middle school campuses that will already be open for special education programs, and most high schools. (more...)