A HOME.
>> PAULSEN SAYS HE DOESN'T SEE
THE CRUNCH FOR HOME BUYERS
GETTING BETTER FOR AT LEAST
THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BECAUSE OF
SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUES AND RISING
INTEREST RATES.
ON THE EDUCATION FRONT, PARENTS
AND TEACHERS KNOW WHAT THE
PANDEMIC AND REMOTE LEARNING
MEANT FOR STUDENTS DURING THE
2020 SCHOOL YEAR.
LOSS OF LEARNING AND SOCIAL
SUPPORTS.
LAST YEAR IN GREEN BAY SCHOOLS,
STUDENTS SAW ROBUST SUMMER
SCHOOL OPTIONS TO MAKE UP FOR
LOST TIME IN THE CLASSROOM.
BUT WHAT ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL
OPTIONS THIS YEAR?
LISA JOHNSON IS THE ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR OF THE DISTRICT'S
SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WE TALKED WITH HER LATE THIS
WEEK.
LISA, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO TAKE US BACK TO SUMMER
SCHOOL IN 2021 IN YOUR DISTRICT.
DESCRIBE WHAT THE OFFERINGS
WERE, WHICH YOU DEPLOYED ALMOST
IN A WRAP-AROUND WAY.
>> YEAH, WE DID.
WE REALLY LOOKED AT THE WHOLE
PICTURE.
WE TALKED TO OUR FAMILIES AND
OUR STUDENTS.
WHAT DID THEY -- WHAT MET THEIR
NEEDS?
WHAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT,
FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING WITH
THINGS LIKE CHILD CARE SERVICES
AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
A LOT OF PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY
HAD CLOSED OR WEREN'T BACK UP TO
WHERE THEY HAD BEEN PRE-PAND
PRE-PANDEMIC.
SO WE REALLY SAID OKAY, HOW DO
WE MEET THOSE NEEDS AND OUR
KIDS' NEEDS?
SO WE MOVED FROM HALF DAY
PROGRAMMING TO FULL DAY
PROGRAMMING, AND WE REALLY
CREATED A ROBUST PROGRAM AROUND
BOTH ACADEMICS, BECAUSE WE KNEW
COMING BACK FROM VIRTUAL
LEARNING AND THE PANDEMIC THAT
OUR KIDS NEEDED THAT COMPONENT
PIECE, AND WE ALSO KNEW WE
NEEDED TO HAVE SOME FUN TOO.
IT WAS STILL SUMMER.
AND SO WE NEEDED TO DO THOSE
ENRICHMENT THINGS, SO WE TRIED
TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE BY
BRINGING IN COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AND BRINGING IN LOTS OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS A COMMUNITY,
SO THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A
WHOLE COMMUNITY STANDPOINT.
>> SO ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT,
GREEN BAY REALLY ROSE TO THE TOP
ACROSS THE STATE FOR YOUR SUMMER
SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
COULD YOU IN YOUR MIND OR SHOULD
YOUR DISTRICT BE A MODEL FOR
OTHERS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WHEN WE GO BACK AND REFLECT ON
IT, I DO THINK THERE WERE SOME
GREAT THINGS THAT WE DID TO
LEARN OVER THAT TIME FRAME.
WE MADE A VERY CONCERTED EFFORT
ON USING SUMMER TO HELP US FROM
THAT RECOVERY OF THE PANDEMIC
AFTER BEING VIRTUAL, AND I DO
THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE IN THE
FUTURE THAT WE DID AS WELL, AND
HOPEFULLY OTHER DISTRICTS CAN
LEARN FROM THAT MODEL THAT WE
PUT IN PLACE.
>> SO HOW WAS THE DISTRICT ABLE
TO FUND ALL OF THAT PROGRAMMING
LAST SUMMER, AND RAMP UP
STAFFING TO DO THAT?
>>
>> SO THE ONLY WAY WE WERE ABLE
TO DO IT IS WITH THE COVID
RELIEF DOLLARS WHICH
UNFORTUNATELY ARE ONE-TIME
DOLLARS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE
REALLY HAVING TO LOOK AT IS, CAN
WE SUSTAIN THIS WITHOUT THAT
FUNDING SOURCE.
STATE REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUMMER
SCHOOL DOESN'T COVER EVERYTHING
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IN
PLACE FOR LAST SUMMER.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
KNOW IS A GAP IN THE FUTURE, AND
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS LONG TERM?
>> SO WHAT WERE THE OUTCOMES
ONCE STUDENTS RETURNED IN THE
FALL?
COULD YOU SEE THAT AFTER THE
SUMMER?
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT THING.
WE KNOW SUMMER SCHOOL IS NOT A
SILVER BULLET BUT YES, WE COULD
CERTAINLY SEE THE KIDS THAT
ATTENDED SUMMER SCHOOL, THEY
CAME BACK READY TO LEARN.
WE DIDN'T SEE THAT TYPICAL
SUMMER SLIDE.
FOR AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT, IF
THEY COME TO SUMMER SCHOOL, YOU
CAN SEE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME,
THEY MAKE UP THEIR LEARNING AND
WE DIDN'T SEE THAT SLIDE THAT
NORMALLY HAPPENS IN THE SUMMER.
WE ALSO SAW THAT THEY WERE READY
FROM THAT SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
STANDPOINT AND REGULATED TO BE
IN CLASS AGAIN.
AND JUST WOULD COME BACK READY
TO LEARN.
SO BETWEEN THE WORK WE DID TO
PREVENT AND THAT
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL PIECE OF IT, WE
DEFINITELY SAW GREAT THINGS, AND
NOT THAT LOSS OF LEARNING TIME
COMING BACK TO SCHOOL JUST TO
REGROUND OURSELVES.
>> SO DO YOU FEEL AS THOUGH
STUDENTS IN THE GREEN BAY
DISTRICT WHO TOOK PART IN THESE
SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS MADE UP
ANY DEFICITS THAT RESULTED FROM
KIND OF REMOTE LEARNING DURING
THE PEAK OF THE PANDEMIC?
>> YEAH, WE DID MAKE UP SOME
REMOTE DEFICIT WITHIN THAT TIME
FRAME FOR OUR KIDS.
WHETHER THAT WAS AT ELEMENTARY
LEVEL IN TERMS OF THEIR READING
COMPONENT PIECES OR AT
SECONDARY, WHICH WAS SOME
CREDITS AND SOME CREDIT COURSES
FOR KIDS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO FINISH IT THROUGH THAT
VIRTUAL MODEL, WHICH WASN'TNE TN
VIRTUALLY.
>> SO WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE FROM
FAMILIES TO HAVE THESE OPTIONS,
EVEN INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION TO
AND FROM SUMMER SCHOOL?
>> SO OUR FAMILIES DEFINITELY
RESPONDED.
WE HAD OVER 7,000 STUDENTS OF
OUR 19,000 STUDENTS ATTEND
SUMMER SCHOOL LAST YEAR.
SO WE SAW A GREAT RESPONSE FROM
OUR FAMILIES IN SENDING THEIR
KIDS TO SUMMER.
>> SO THIS SUMMER, WILL THE
PROGRAMMING BE REDUCED BECAUSE
OF THE FUNDING?
>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY OUR
PROGRAMMING WILL BE REDUCED.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP A FULL DAY.
WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE WITH THAT.
WE ARE DOING SOME FULL-DAY
MODELS THAT WILL BE SUMMER
SCHOOL-RUN, BOTH MORNING
AFTERNOON WITH DISTRICT TEACHERS
AND WE'RE PRIORITIZING OUR TITLE
1 SCHOOLS AND OUR ACHIEVEMENT
GAP REDUCTION SCHOOLS FOR THAT
PROGRAMMING.
AND THEN OTHER SCHOOLS WHAT WE
DID IS WE HAD TO BE CREATIVE AND
WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE
SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND
THEN WE PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL
YMCA WHO WENT OUT AND GOT A
LARGE GRANT THAT IS HELPING TO
SUBSIDIZE THE COST FOR FAMILIES
FOR THE AFTERNOON.
SO IT STILL PROVIDES FAMILIES
THAT FULL-DAY OPTION THAT THEY
NEED TO HAVE A PLACE FOR THEIR
KIDS TO BE ALL DAY, BUT ALSO
KEEPS OUR FAMILIES BEING ABLE TO
ENGAGE IN THAT SUMMER SCHOOL
COMPONENT PIECE IN THE MORNING.
>> WELL, BRAVO TO GREEN BAY.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.