Kalamazoo Public Schools launches summer program to ‘undo damage’ from pandemic Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 Kalamazoo Public School is launching a summer program designed to help students who have struggled academically during the pandemic. (MLive file photo)Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share KALAMAZOO, MI -- Kalamazoo Public Schools is launching a Summer Readiness program to help students who struggled academically during the pandemic. The Summer Readiness program will begin in-person on June 28 and will be offered for students of all ages, Superintendent Rita Raichoudhuri said during a board of education meeting Thursday, March 11. “Our Summer Readiness program is an initial step in starting to undo some of the damage caused by COVID-19,” Raichoudhuri said. “You’ll notice that we are not calling it summer school because it isn’t. This was not a typical year. Our students didn’t fail, our children survived a pandemic, and they are still surviving it.”