Even with the fee increase, summer school courses are "a good bang for the buck," School Committee member Jacob Oliveira said.
LUDLOW - The School Committee Tuesday voted to raise the fee for summer school classes from $150 to $160 per course.
Interim School Superintendent Donna Hogan said $160 is the average price per summer school course charged by school districts in the area.
Increasing the price will help make the summer school program become self supporting, Hogan said.
She said that last year the program had to be supplemented by the school district by $2,000.
With the fee increase, the school district will still have to supplement the summer school program by $1,000, Hogan said.
Last year 80 to 85 students participated in the summer school program, Hogan said.
She said most students take two courses.
Each course is offered in a two-hour class, five days per week. The classes are six weeks long.
In some other school districts the classes last only four weeks, but school officials said they do not want to make it too easy for students to get credit for a course they may have failed during the regular school year.
School officials said four weeks is a short period of time to make up a high school course.
Some of the courses are needed for a student to graduate.
“These courses are a good deal compared to some courses offered by other school districts,” School Committee member Jacob Oliveira said.
He said students are getting “a good bang for the buck” with the summer school courses.