School's out for summer - unfortunately for some kids:
For the first time in years, only kindergarten, fourth- and sixth-grade students who need additional help with reading and math can attend summer school. [New London, CT] students in other elementary and middle school grades who may have benefited from summertime classes, either by catching up on subjects they struggled with or enriching their education with additional classes, do not have any options for summer school through the public school system."That's a quiet tragedy in New London that we aren't able to afford a full summer school that would impact a wide range of students instead of a select few," Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christopher Clouet said.
The select few are those students who scored "below basic" on the Connecticut Mastery Test and kindergarteners identified by their teachers as needing help with early literacy skills.
One big problem is that some middle school students who might have been forced to attend summer school may have just been promoted to high school.