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Recreation director seeks part-time office manager, expanded summer programs and aquatics training in FY26 budget
Summary
Director Kevin Bailey presented a FY26 recreation budget request that adds a 0.5 FTE office manager, increases part‑time staffing and training funds, and highlights program expansions including field trips using a newly acquired 10-passenger van, adaptive swim lessons and an intramural middle-school program.
Kevin Bailey, Recreation Director, presented the department's FY26 operating request and described accomplishments and goals for program growth and accessibility.
Bailey said the department received a 10-passenger van with OPE (formerly OPER?) funding and that the van enabled more field trips and a redesigned summer park program with daily 10-person field-trip groups. He said partnership funding from the Tufts Community Fund will provide financial aid for summer park participants and that the Friends of Medford Recreation (a newly established 501(c)(3)) has raised roughly $5,000–$10,000 year-to-date to subsidize financial assistance across programs. Bailey said the department has distributed $2,410 in program financial aid so…
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