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District presents proposed increases to extended-day fees to restore break-even operations
Summary
Evergreen Park ESD 124 business office presented proposed rate increases of roughly 20% for extended-day programming after an audit found the program running at a deficit; the board and finance committee discussed the proposal but did not vote on it May 21.
The Evergreen Park ESD 124 business office presented a proposal on May 21 to raise extended-day program fees to restore the program to a break-even footing.
Eric Rosie of the business office said an audit showed the extended-day program running at a deficit and recommended an approximate 20% increase across rates. "The extended day program is meant to be a breakeven program. We have no intention to profit from this," Rosie said.
Rosie offered examples from the proposal: the fixed daily 5-day rate would increase from $5.50 to $6.50, and an after-school flex daily 1-day rate would rise from $19 to $22.75. The district presented those figures as order-of-magnitude recommendations intended to recover costs.
The board—s finance committee emphasized that extended day serves a subset of families and should be cost neutral rather than subsidized by taxpayers. Committee members said they did not want to shift program costs onto the general tax base.
Board members noted that the proposal was informational only for May and would not be voted on at the meeting; the business manager confirmed the district will return with the item for approval at a later meeting. "You will not vote on this until June, so it is not an action item tonight," a board member said.
District staff said final rates and a public notice will follow before any formal vote. The presentation included a review of April expenditures and revenue, with the business office noting a slight positive variance in April but that extended-day fee revenue still lags program costs.
No formal motion or vote was taken on the fee changes at the May 21 meeting.
