More students in summer school than ever before

SUMMER SCHOOL IS IN FULL SWINGFOR MANY DISTRICTS AND ASYOU CAN IMAGINE ENROLLMENTIS UP.

I GATHERED THE NUMBERSFROM SEVERAL AREA SCHOOLDISTRICTS -- TO COMPARE THEIRENROLLMENT FROM YEARS PRIOR.SUMMER SCHOOLS ARE SEEINGNUMBERS NEVER SEEN BEFORE& INTHE YEAR AFTER THE HEIGHT OFTHE PANDEMIC WHEN SCHOOLSHISTORICALLY SHUT DOWN ANDCHANGED COURSE.

HERE ARE THEENROLLMENT NUMBERS FOR TUCSONUNIFIED& THIS SUMMER HAS MORETHAN 11- THOUSAND STUDENTS.4-TIMES MORE STUDENTS THANBACK IN 20-19 WITH27-HUNDRED ENROLLED.

SUNNYSIDEUNIFIED HAS MORE THAN 35-HUNDRED ENROLLED& WHEN ONLY12-HUNDRED ATTENDED THE SUMMERBEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

FLOWINGWELLS MORE THAN DOUBLED&25-HUNDRED ARE ENROLLED NOW.ONLY 12-HUNDRED ENROLLED IN20-19.

TANQUE VERDE AND VAILHAVE SMALLER ENROLLMENTNUMBERS BUT INCREASESNONETHELESS.

FOR DISTRICTSLIKE VAIL THIS IS THE FIRSTTIME SUMMER SCHOOL IS BEINGOFFERED FOR NON- HIGH SCHOOLSTUDENTS.

I CAUGHT UP WITHMARANA UNIFIED SCHOOLDISTRICT.

ALLI BENJAMIN IS THEDISTRICT'S PUBLIC RELATIONSDIRECTOR.

00:05 TAJA DAVIS,@TAJADAVISKGUN "HAS MARANA EVERSEEN THIS MANY STUDENTSENROLLED IN SUMMER SCHOOLBEFORE?" //BUTT// 00:03 ALLIBENJAMIN, MARANA UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT "NO, WEDEFINITELY HAVE NOT SEEN THISMANY STUDENTS ENROLLED." SHESAYS MARANA'S K THROUGH 8SAW A ONE-HUNDRED-42- PERCENTINCREASE IN STUDENTS COMPAREDTO 20-19.

HIGH SCHOOL SAW A3- HUNDRED-61- PERCENTINCREASE.

00:19 ALLI BENJAMIN,MARANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT"WE DEFINITELY THINK THERE ARESOME KIDS WHO NEED SOME EXTRASUPPORT AND PREPARATION BEFORETHEY LAUNCHED INTO THE NEWSCHOOL YEAR, BUT THEN WE'REALSO SEEING SOME STUDENTS ANDFAMILIES WHO JUST WANTED TO BEENGAGED OVER THE SUMMER, AFTERTHIS YEAR-AND-A- HALF HIATUSOF NOT HAVING SORT OF ATRADITIONAL SCHOOL MODEL.

"BUT SHE SAYS NOT ALL OFMARANA'S SUMMER PROGRAMS CANBE COUNTED AT THIS TIME.BECAUSE OF ESSER FUNDING THEDISTRICT WAS ABLE TO EXPANDTHEIR SUMMER PROGRAMSSIGNIFICANTLY.

00:16 ALLIBENJAMIN, MARANA UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT "PREVIOUSLY INTHE PAST, WE HAD SOME OF OURTRADITIONAL SUMMER PROGRAMS,WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TOCONTINUE TO OFFER.

BUT THEN WEREALLY RAMPED UP AND ADDEDSOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS SUCHAS VIRTUAL CLASSES, ADDITIONALCAREER AND TECH-ED TRAINING,SOME PROGRAMS FOR OUR GIFTEDSTUDENTS." THE LAST YEAR AND AHALF HAS NO DOUBT BEEN ACHALLENGE FOR STUDENTS ANDFAMILIES.

CATCHING THE KIDS UPSOCIALLY AND FOR SCHOOL SOTHEY CAN GET BACK INTO THESWING OF THINGS BEFORE THEUPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

00:13ALLI BENJAMIN, MARANA UNIFIEDSCHOOL DISTRICT "IT'S KIND OFBEEN TWO-FOLD FOR FAMILIESLOOKING FOR EDUCATIONALOFFERINGS DURING THE SUMMERAND THEN ALSO FOR THOSESTUDENTS WHO NEED ADDITIONALASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO HELPTHEM GET READY TO BESUCCESSFUL IN THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR."FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT THE DATASHOWN ON EACH SCHOOL DISTRICTSHOWCASED VISIT OUR WEBSITEKGUN NINE DOT COM.AS MORE AMERICANS GET