Alicia (last name not provided), a district staff member, presented plans for multi-week STEM camps and two-week esports mini clinics for Ponca City students in grades 5 through 12.

The STEM schedule runs roughly June 2 to July 25 with the week of July 4 off. Camps are grouped by grade bands (5-6, 7-8, 9-12) with an enrollment target of about 30 students per week and a maximum of about 180 students across the full summer session. The district'presenter said the goal is smaller class sizes with four summer staff and community volunteers to support hands-on engineering and design projects.

"Students will apply to the camp through PowerSchool. A $25 fee will be paid through MyScribebucks. Scholarships will be available and applications open May 1," the presenter said.

Example STEM projects included building catapults to launch water balloons, designing bottle rockets and building functional boats for floatation or weight trials. Each week would include take-home projects and a camp t-shirt for participants.

Esports mini clinics will run two separate weeks with sessions limited to about 15 students per week for titles such as Overwatch, Rocket League and Switch games. The esports sessions include behavioral and emotional learning components the presenter described as "emotional behavioral intelligence" training. The stated fee for the esports clinics is $40 per student per week; scholarships were noted as available "based on financial need."

When board members asked about funding, the presenter said the camps will be paid from the district'account labeled "66." "We have some flexibility based on enrollment numbers; if we don't see a need for four staff, we can scale back," Alicia said.

The board did not vote on the camps at the meeting. Staff asked board members to identify potential community volunteers and to help recruit industry partners for the district's quarterly industry advisory committee.

Ending: Organizers said the goal is engagement over the summer rather than profit, and the district encouraged parents and community members to apply or volunteer when registration opens May 1.