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Community Center committee asks Stafford ISD for full-time manager and marketing funds
Summary
Volunteers who run the Stafford Community Center asked the Board of Trustees for a full‑time center manager and a district marketing allocation after six months of operations; superintendent signaled support for a single full‑time position and suggested a smaller marketing allocation.
Cindy Shelton, chair of the Community Center Operating Committee, told the Stafford Municipal School District Board of Trustees that the district‑run community center has been open since Oct. 5, 2024, and that the volunteer committee needs a full‑time employee and marketing funds to reach financial sustainability.
Shelton said the center has generated $10,679 in revenue through April 2025, has 15 paying members and more than 100 hours of room rentals since opening. “We are making a request for 1 full time employee plus an amount not to exceed $3,036,000 dollars for marketing supplies and equipment to be added to our budget so that we could make the community center successful,” Shelton said.
The request follows about six months of volunteer operations. Shelton told trustees the committee has secured…
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