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“This is a time that I think we can really take it up to the next level.”
KCUSD students last year posted improvements on state test scores, with marks above other districts in Fresno County. The gains — for the second straight year since the Smarter Balanced tests were initiated — reflected KCUSD teachers effectively collabo- rating to understand the rela- tively new state standards and building lesson plans aligned to those standards.
The summer program still will offer a GATE program. High schools will offer not
only “credit recovery” options but “original credit” courses that will free up space in the fall for students to take elec- tives and CTE (Career and Technical Education) classes.
The biggest objective with the summer program is to “address the gaps in student learning and actually close any achievement gap” that has appeared within particu- lar groups of students, said Mary Ann Carousso, admin- istrator for student services who will oversee the summer program.
“We don’t want to just limit our student experiences to ‘reducing summer learning loss.’ We are working to make progress, so that students
come back in the fall more competent — and thus more confident — with their aca- demic work,” Carousso said.
Teachers will be a key part of expanding the summer pro- gram. The district will slightly increase hourly pay for sum- mer program teachers and school administrators. In ad- dition, the district is open to teachers job-sharing a position.
Classified staff will be of- fered an attendance incentive, much like the one offered dur- ing the regular school year
With every campus offer- ing a summer program, trans- portation will be expanded as well.
Overall, the district is about doubling what it spent last year on summer pro- grams, increasing from about $1 million to about $2 million, Carousso said.
Funds for the summer session will come from money designated under the
Obituaries
Enrique Salas
Enrique Salas of Riv- erside died April 12 in San Diego. He was 47.
Mr. Salas, a native of Reedley, worked as a man- ager.
Tincup said her family, friends and fellow Relay sup- porters have had her back and are supporting her during her fight.
teachers in non-high school grades. Training will follow June 11 and 12 “so that there will be a smooth launch on June 13.”
As of late March, Carous- so said that 183 teachers ex- pressed interest in working for summer school. That’s a 25 percent increase from last year. “Teachers are actually excited at the possibility of working with smaller num- bers of students in a setting that will allow them to truly target student gaps in learn- ing,” she said.
Carousso said that support staff has “been equally good about stepping up to help.”
Campus staffs already have started talking to parents about the summer program, with elementary schools do- ing so in March and middle schools doing so in April. Con- versations also have started at the high schools.
Getting parents on board is an important part of the pro- cess. Campbell said in an inter- view that “we’re letting them know their student will need to attend summer school in order to stay at grade level or on par with their classmates.”
Carousso said district of- ficials anticipate that parents will understand and be coop- erative because “our parents want the best for their chil- dren.”
KCUSD has not offered a summer program at every campus since 2004, Carousso said. (From 1993 to 2004, the district had year-round sched- ules.)
Alta Elementary School
“I just want to get up here and say ‘Thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.’
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is one the KCUSD campuses that did not have its own sum- mer program. Families that wanted summer school for their children had to take their youngsters to other campuses.
Vickie Nishida, principal of Alta, said she has been there 12 years, and the school has not had a summer pro- gram during that time.
“It is great to be able to offer our students a summer program at their home school with their own teachers,” Nishida said. “We are very ex- cited about the opportunity.”
“Our hope for the summer program is that our students will have an opportunity to ex- tend their learning,” she said, adding that the afterschool program during the session also will provide parents with “a safe place for their children to engage in an academic and enriched program during the summer.”
Nishida said teachers have begun conversations with par- ents, “and they are happy to know that we will be having a program here on site. We have had inquiries regarding stu- dents attending, so we know there is interest.”
At the February board meeting, representatives for the Kings Canyon Teachers Association expressed sup- port for the expanded sum- mer program as did KCUSD trustees.
Campbell told them that evening that the district wouldn’t be undertaking this change “if I wasn’t pretty confident we can make a dif- ference.”
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ABOVE: Aaron Severin, right, a student with the Fresno State Community Health Mobile Unit, administered a blood pressure check to a resident. The mobile unit provided free blood pressure and medical checkups.
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“Every day, I hear her
in my head,” she said. “She’s encouraging me to continue fighting, reminding me of all the good stuff in life that we must continue fighting and never give up.”
A cancer survivor continu- ing her fight is Kori Tincup. She carried a sign in support of her friend, Hamstrom, but didn’t prepare any notes.
“I didn’t write anything. This is just coming out of my heart,” she told the audience. “Obviously, you know I’m back in treatment. I’ve been battling cancer since 2002 in some form or another. And I could not be standing here if it wasn’t for you guys raising money for the research.”
state’s Local Control Funding Formula, which also includes “supplemental” funds for districts that have 55 percent or more students who come from poor families, are Eng- lish learners or are foster children. KCUSD qualifies in all three categories.
In 2017, nearly 4,000 “seats” were filled in district summer programs and that figure in- cludes afterschool programs (which would include some duplication of students). “I think we will see even more seats filled this year, and we are working hard to meet the demand,” Carousso said.
Meanwhile, preparations are underway for the summer courses, which will run June 13 to July 11.
Carousso said that Monica Benner, assistant superinten- dent of curriculum and in- struction, and her team will host on May 10 a preview of the summer curriculum for
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. with a Rosary at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at the old St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Reedley. Burial will be at Reedley Cemetery.
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A picture of Denise Hamstrom appeared on screen at the Reedley Re- lay for Life. Hamstrom died last November after an eight-year battle with cancer.
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