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General Information on Summer School 2010

Since the summer of 2004, TST BOCES has offered a regional summer school for component school districts. This year, the middle level program (grades 6-8) runs for four weeks, and the high school program (grades 9-12) runs for six weeks. Classes run from Monday through Thursday in the morning. The types of classes offered include repeat classes, classes taken for the first time, and middle school skill development and AIS classes. There is also a four week drivers' education program available to students in Ithaca, Newfield and Trumansburg.

Students are enrolled only through their home school district. School counselors at the home school will enroll students to summer school classes on line beginning in May 2010. Individual schools may restrict access to some of the courses being offered in the regional summer school.

Students who wish to take an August Regents examination without being enrolled in a summer school class must get permission from their home school counselor.

Given the short time frame for summer school and New York State Education Department regulations, attendance to all classes is mandatory. Parents should not enroll their children in summer school unless the student will be able to attend all classes.

Final grades for summer school classes are determined by the home school depending on home school policies and guidelines.

Summer school is a privilege. Fighting, use of alcohol/drugs/tobacco, harassment, bullying, profanity, disrespect, endangering the safety of self or others, damaging property, theft or any other inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. Students who abuse the privilege of summer school will be suspended.

Courses offered during summer school usually include high school repeat courses in English 9, 10, 11, 12; global studies 1 and 2; American History; Government and Economics; Health; Pre-Algebra; Algebra; Geometry; Earth Science; Biology; Physical Education; and Spanish 1. New courses offered usually include Health, Government and Economics, English 11 and English 12, and US History. All courses depend on sufficient enrollment.

Academic Intervention Services courses for middle level students include English Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science for grades 6, 7 and 8.

Further information about the TST Regional Summer School Program and the registration process will be available from school counselors from May 5, 2010.

Regional Summer School Drivers’ Education Program (for students from Ithaca, Newfield and Trumansburg)

The regional summer school driver education program uses approximately 2/3 funding from outside grants and 1/3 costs are charged to parents/students. Classroom instruction and program participation is limited to 60 students. Driving instruction is limited to15 sections (4 students in each section)

The cost per student is $95 (non-refundable, to be paid to the school district, not BOCES).

The following schedule indicates the weeks of instruction beginning with the first day of instruction for the wekk. Students with Teacher A and B attend from Tuesday, July 6, to Monday,  August 2; Students with Teacher C attend from Monday, July 12, to Friday,  August 6. All  classes and driving subgroups start at Ithaca High School. Schedules are staggered to provide time for family vacations.

Every student must attend all classes and every driving time of his/her driving subgroups 1-5.

Class and Drive Subgroup Schedule for each teacher. There are five subgroups as follows:

For example, if a student has Teacher A, the weeks of instruction are July 6to July 26, and the last day of instruction is August 2nd. The classroom, lecture component is Monday through Thursday, 8:30 to 10:00 FOR ALL STUDENTS. If the student is in driving subgroup 1, for example, he/she attends the driving subgroup Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:00 - 8:30 am, and on Fridays from 8:30 - 10:00.

Student Selection Process: To be determined by the participating school district.Initial allocation of student slots by district: Ithaca – 38, Newfield – 9, Trumansburg – 13.

Driver Ed Applications are due to the school counselors by June 4, 2010. School counselors will receive applications by May 5, 2010. They will also register students via a web-based online registration process in addition to the paper form. School counselors should indicate at the bottom of the application form which driving schedules and which teachers students are able to participate in. School counselors should also indicate if the student is planning to take another summer school class and if so, which one. Students will be placed in sections based on availability and age (seniors will be given preference). Counselors will be notified of the student's placement by June 14th. Students should check with their school counselors abou their placement after that. All questions about driver ed should be directed to the student’s school counselor not to BOCES.

WARNING: Attendance in ALL classes and ALL driving times is MANDATORY. Even one absence and the student will not meet the minimum number of hours of instruction and drive time required by the State of New York. There are no excuses, legal or otherwise, for being absent in drivers education. If the student is not confident that he/she can and will attend all classes and driving times, he/she should not register for drivers’ education