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Parents, students raise alarms after midyear cuts reduce part-time hours at Northwest Optimist
Summary
Students, parents and Parks & Recreation staff described reductions to part-time hours and re-scheduling of classes at Northwest Optimist Performing Arts Center after midyear budget adjustments; Parks Director Melinda McMillan Miller said part-time wage capacity had been 'right-sized' to align with contracted budgets.
Multiple parents, students and Parks & Recreation staff told the council that reductions to part-time staff hours are reducing program capacity at the Northwest Optimist Performing Arts Center and other facilities.
Grace Carter, a student and homeschool participant, told the council she and about 50 other weekly homeschool attendees value the Optimist program and asked council to restore parks staffing. "We cannot lose our staff. We cannot endure another round of budget cuts," Carter…
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