California board rejects 2 schools’ plan to use summer school to make up for lost class time

State flunks Calif schools’ extended year plan

CHINO HILLS, Calif. — State education officials have given a failing grade to a plan by two Southern California elementary schools to use extended summer sessions to make up for lost class time.

California’s State Board of Education unanimously rejected Chino Valley Unified School District’s plan Thursday to use a July session at Rolling Ridge Elementary School and Dickson Elementary School to meet state standards for class time and avoid a roughly $5 million penalty.

The district launched the session in mid-June after realizing the schools fell a few minutes short of the minimum class time required for fourth-through-sixth graders on several days during the regular school year.

A staff report recommended the board reject the plan to use summer school to make up 22 days of class time.