Registration For Oak Creek School Day Camp Opens Thursday

OAK CREEK, WI — Registration for an Oak Creek-Franklin back-to-school day camp opens Thursday, and it's being offered for $100 per week. Families qualifying for free and reduced services will offered a rate of $50 per week., according to district figures.

The program, called School Day Camp, will include time for online learning, homework help, recess, and outdoor activities, and play with school peers, officials said. Breakfast and Lunch will be available through Taher Food Service, according to the district. The program is limited to 60 elementary school students and 75 middle school students.

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District officials say the camp is offered during school day hours of 8:05 a.m. -3:10 p.m.

"Our hope is to place all students in their home schools. A second preference is offered if space is unavailable," district officials wrote.

The camp will be supported by ASPIRE and school-day Aides, and learning groups will be limited to 15 students per house, the district said.

Parents supporting both in-person schooling and virtual learning have expressed their concerns to the district this summer over plans to return to school this fall. One parent cited a recent survey that showed a majority of respondents wanted to send their children back in-person.

A Family Feedback Survey administered by the district this summer garnered 3,505 responses. The survey found that 42 percent of all parents were willing to send their child back to school if they felt confident in enhanced safety protocols at schools. Another 31 percent of parents said they did not have strong concerns about sending their child back to school in fall.

“Seventy-percent of families wanted face-to-face education for their children, they’ve really chosen to ignore that feedback,” said Heather Kosloske, an Oak Creek parent said in a CBS 58 report. "What happens when they have 200 people sign up for [the School Day Camp] and they only have 60 spots? How are they going to decide who are getting those special spots?”