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Library director reports summer reading, ESL classes, scholarship and staffing updates; council receives report

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Summary

Carpinteria Library reported program attendance, launches and staffing changes for summer 2025 including an eight-week summer reading program, new weekend ESL offerings, a financial-empowerment partnership in Spanish, and continued facilities work; council received and filed the report.

Eric Castro, Carpinteria's city librarian, presented the library's monthly report on programs, outreach and staffing at the June 9 meeting; council voted to receive and file the report.

Key program notes presented by Castro: - Summer reading program: An eight-week program with weekly reading logs themed around the planets beginning with Mercury and running through Pluto; organizers distributed about 450 bilingual (English/Spanish) children's…

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