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City, schools weigh transfer of youth services after longtime coordinator’s planned retirement
Summary
With the retirement of the long‑time youth services coordinator, city and school staff proposed redirecting funds to scholarship support for YMCA programs and relocating Head Start to city‑run space, while considering repurposing remaining funds for living‑wage increases for school staff.
City staff and the school superintendent presented an informational memorandum on Feb. 13 outlining options for Lexington’s Youth Services program after the planned retirement of the long‑time coordinator at the end of the fiscal year.
The current youth services operation provides after‑school care (serving roughly 25 elementary students) and an eight‑to‑10‑week summer camp. The program has been managed primarily by one staff member with limited part‑time support and student volunteers. With that employee’s retirement, city staff and Superintendent Rebecca Walters identified three primary options: (1) recruit and retain a replacement coordinator; (2) explore an alternative…
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