The Excelsior Springs School District set a summer school enrollment record, according to Mark Bullimore, district director of communications.

During the Board of Education’s July 11 meeting at the Support Services Center, Bullimore announced 1,140 students had attended summer school, which ran June 1-24. A brochure from his presentation gave a demographic breakdown — elementary school, 450; high school, 404, including 268 in the Launch pro gram; and middle school, 286.

“The best that we can tell, the largest summer school we’ve had in the past was about 700 students,” he said. “So we kind of blew that out of the water.”

The final enrollment figures thrilled district personnel, as did the enrollment of 62 for a prep class for the ACT, Bullimore said.

“We’re looking forward to getting those scores back and seeing how that helped,” Bullimore said.

“We’ll have some data, actually, to share with you guys,” Melissa Miller replied. “It’s incredible what that has done for our students.”

Miller, assistant superintendent and head of academic services, organized the class with Christen Everett, the high school principal, Bullimore said.

Other figures Bullimore shared included the number of meals served, counting snacks. The district served more than 20,000 meals, most of them breakfasts and lunches, his data showed.

The state will reimburse the district for those meals, Bullimore said. He thanked Jaret Tomlinson, deputy superintendent, for making that happen.

“(It) helps with the coffers a little bit,” Bullimore said.

Bullimore also shared some summer school highlights. They included a middle school archery class, and elementary school field trips to such places as Watkins Mill State Park, located in Lawson; and Liberty Memorial, located in Kansas City on the National World War I Museum and Memorial grounds.

In August, Bullimore will present “an official summer school program evaluation for” the board’s approval, he said.

Looking to 2023, there are “lots of plans to make next year even bigger and better,” Bullimore said.