The goal of the Cooperative Summer School is to encourage advancement and to provide students with an opportunity to maintain their grade-level status in an effort to close gaps that cause students to fail or drop out. Highly qualified teachers are hired to teach classes at the high school and middle school level for students who need to repeat a course taken during the year and for students who seek to accelerate their learning. 

There are a variety of program types to meet the students’ needs. They include but are not limited to:

• Academic classes - New Credit  
• Credit Recovery and/or Regents Prep  
• Online Academics - New Credit
• Online Credit Recovery and/or Regents Prep  
• Regents Exam

Regents/RCT August Examinations

Each Cooperative Summer School site will administer Regents/RCT exams to students from participating schools. Students must be registered for each test by the home school to ensure compliance with state regulations. Regents examinations may be administered to students enrolled in the summer school program who either have been previously admitted to the examination, have attended a minimum of 42 hours of summer school, or were approved for credit by examination in accordance with Section 100.5 (d) (1) of the commissioner's regulations.