26-03-2025
Summer school continues in Columbus thanks to donation
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. — With the help of a donation, the Columbus school district can host another year of summer school.
Crossland Construction has stepped up to donate $30,000 to the school district.
For the past several years, administrators have used 'Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds' provided during COVID to fund summer school.
But those funds have run out, prompting Crossland to step up to help.
The money will help cover transportation, staffing, as well as breakfast and lunch, and other food services.
'When you take an 11-week break in the summer, they're losing more than just what maybe a typical kid would lose. So we want to keep just the exposure for those kids,' said Kelly Walters, Columbus USD 493's district reading specialist.
'This summertime is really vital for them to just be continuing to work at it, even if it's something small, even if it's 30 minutes a day. And so being able to offer that is, like I said, it's a game changer for some of these kids,' said Anna Moser, Park Elementary principal.
Summer school is set to start in two sessions, the first will run from June 2 through June 12, and the second will start July 28 and wrap up sometime in August before the start of school.
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