School board hears summer school proposal
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
The Emporia school board voted 6-0 Wednesday evening to approve the 2007 summer school calendar and format proposal for elementary and intermediate school children.
Timmerman Principal Kim Kirk told the board that, under the proposal, summer school for children in kindergarten through grade six would begin on July 9 and end Aug. 2. Teachers would receive two days' training in mid-June and Aug. 3rd would be a "teacher wrap-up day" with no students.
The costs were approximate, based on the rates of pay for the teachers hired. The proposal recommended hiring 50 teachers, with an estimated 1:6 teacher-student ratio. Using an average of $40 per hour for 111 hours of pay per teacher, the total cost would be approximately $222,000. The figure includes 10 minutes of planning time for every hour of instruction per teacher.
"It would be paid to them and they could plan on-site or off-site," Kirk said.
Approximately 300 students are expected to attend the summer school session.
The proposal does not include special education, migrant, or special ELL program students.