Gilbert Public Schools has overhauled its secondary summer school program, moving it from a credit-recovery model to a more comprehensive and academically aligned experience, officials said.

District leaders say the changes, made over the past several years, have transformed summer school into an extension of the regular school year.

For years, summer school operated under administrative services and relied heavily on rotating deans of students, leading to inconsistency.

“I counted seven different summer school principals in my last 10 years,” Secondary Education Assistant Superintendent Marcie Taylor said, adding the instability made it difficult to build a strong program.

That began to shift when the district paired the summer school leadership role with its Title IX coordinato

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