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Summer school enrollment begins April 4 Summer school By Stephanie Bertholdo It’s still winter according to the calendar, but summer school plans already are underway at the Las Virgenes Unified School District. The school district will offer tuition-free summer classes for students who earned a D or F in a class during the school year. The district also will offer a limited number of courses for acceleration; students will be chosen via lottery. This is the second year that tuition-based acceleration classes will be offered by the Las Virgenes Education Foundation. School officials say the classes allow students more flexibility to take additional electives, honors and advanced placement courses. The foundation’s classes will be taught mostly by district teachers. Students who enroll do not have to apply for district approval. Conversely, high school students who prefer to take a course outside the district or the foundation must get approval before their school will award credits. Public funds are available for students who are at risk for failing, Zimring said. If a student earns a C-minus, a repeat course will not be covered by district funds. Jim Nielsen, the district’s director of secondary education, said that in addition to report card grades, California standards testing and other assessments are used as a baseline to determine whether a student needs remediation. Core academic remediation programs are also being expanded at the middle school. Martin Ableser will continue as the foundation’s high school summer school administrator. The foundation is run by president Red Godfrey, vice president Stuart Selter and secretary Dave Moorman. Jill Gaines and Beth Shumacher also work on the foundation. Sharon Russell runs the foundation’s summer school office. Free summer school classes for students needing to repeat a course include several levels of English, Spanish, algebra, geometry, history, biology and chemistry. Some computer, cooking and work-for-credit classes are also being offered. The foundation is offering the following classes this summer, although depending upon the enrollment, the list may change •Ninth-graders can take California history, world geography or health. •Sophomores can take European history and world studies, • Juniors can complete their U.S. history requirement. •Seniors can accelerate through government and economics. •High school students can take ceramics classes. Summer school applications will be available April 4 in school counseling offices and in the district’s lobby. Completed applications must be received no later than April 15 to guarantee placement in a repeat class or to be considered for another course through the lottery. The foundation will mail information on how to register for tuition-based classes. These students should be on the appropriate district waiting lists. For further information about summer school, contact Russell at 597-0742. |
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