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Lakeside ESS leaders outline after-school, summer and family-engagement priorities
Summary
At the board meeting, the district's Expanded Student Services (ESS) supervisor described program growth, family outreach and curriculum adjustments to boost participation and meet diverse student needs. The presentation said ESS serves more than 1,300 students (counting siblings) and noted wait lists and staff recruitment challenges.
Jared, the district's ESS full-service supervisor, told trustees the program aims to "make sure that we are setting up each and every child for success" and that ESS provides homework support, arts, music, sports and robotics as enrichment options.
Jared said the program is working to improve family access to forms and registration and to collect data "straight from the kids, straight from the families." He described summer programming that runs roughly 12 hours a day for nine weeks and said staff pivot activities based on student feedback: "I'm hearing that cell phones and food is a big 1. So let's lean into that a little bit." (00:25'09:00)
The presentation included participation figures: "we have over a thousand families and when you include all of the siblings, we're over 1,300 students served whether it's before school, after school, or both." Jared said one goal for the year is to maintain high accountability among staff and to expand programs where demand warrants.
Trustees and the audience raised wait-list concerns. One trustee thanked ESS staff and observed that wait lists indicate both strong demand and an access gap for families not yet served; Jared acknowledged the district "are able to get students off the wait list throughout the year" but that expansion is an active topic.
Jared highlighted staffing that comes from within the community: "we are homegrown. We have a lot of ESS students who become ESS staff" and noted three current student-teachers placed in Lakeside classrooms.
The presentation closed with a brief question-and-answer period and board appreciation for the program's efforts to reach families and address diverse student needs.
