Costs are going up everywhere. Summer school is no different.
The Elmore County Board of Education voted to increase its summer school fees by $25 per class, ultimately making them cost $250 per class.
“This is our first increase since before COVID,” superintendent Richard Dennis said.
Summer school is not only used to help students catch up on classes.
“We students taking classes such as drivers ed to open up their schedules during the normal school year,” Dennis said. “We also have out-of-district students enrolling in summer school.”
Dennis said it is up to each out-of-district student to ensure the class will transfer to his or her home school.
The board approved the purchase of a truck and tool bed from state bids for use by the maintenance department. It is the same truck and tool bed previously tabled at the request of board member Leisa Finley to make sure local vendors had an opportunity to quote on the items. Finley voted no on the purchase.
The board also approved bids for the Child Nutrition Program to be able to hold the summer feeding program at an estimated cost of about $1.5 million. Last year the program generated about $3 million in revenue and fed about 6,000 students per week.
Dennis informed the board the quality of life projects funded primarily by the Elmore County Commission to install turf fields at Holtville and Elmore County high schools are still scheduled to be completed in time of graduations.
In other action the Elmore County Board of Education:
• Approved minutes of the March 18 meeting.
• Approved facility use agreements for Wetumpka and Holtville high schools.
• Approved personnel actions.
• Approved monthly financial reports from March 2025.
