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Community education enrollment steady; wrap care and new offerings reported
Summary
Community education participation remains steady; district served nearly 500 students in summer school‑age care at Willow River and about 600 students in before/after care during the school year. District will add tumbling classes tied to North Hudson gymnastics space and add pickleball lines on asphalt areas.
The board received a community relations and community education update covering family communications, community education programs and school‑age care.
Tracy (community relations staff) reported district efforts to comply with Wisconsin Act 143 school‑safety requirements, to survey families for the new website redesign and to improve social‑media analytics. The district partnered with the Hudson Area Chamber of Commerce to hold a job fair and will host another job fair in 2026.
Community education reported steady participation across the two programming seasons (fall/winter and spring/summer). Notable participation figures: the district welcomed nearly 500 students to Willow River for summer school‑age care and reported around 55 staff who worked that program during the summer. The district served about 44 children in the 4K wrap care program and just over 600 children in the district’s before‑ and after‑school care program during the school year. Wrap care is in its fourth year and current wrap‑care enrollment was reported at about 60 children with an increasing trend.
New and returning community offerings cited: father‑daughter/daddy‑daughter and mother‑son events, a second annual Puzzle Palooza with 18 teams, a Senior Tech Club run with high‑school National Honor Society students and plans to add tumbling/early gymnastics classes in the new North Hudson gymnastics space. District staff also said outdoor pickleball lines are planned where new asphalt is being installed at elementary sites; some indoor pickleball opportunities exist in school gyms.
The board thanked staff for the quality of wrap care programs and encouraged continued expansion of community ed offerings. No formal action was taken; the report was informational.
