District staff provided an update on Adventure Club enrollment and the waiting list and outlined an operational plan to shorten and stabilize placements for families.

Staff said the program’s enrollment numbers are dynamic; family choices and staffing turnover make the lists variable. To reduce the wait list and accept more families earlier, administrators have directed the Adventure Club team to staff up to capacity for roughly 1,100 students. As an initial placement measure, the district will automatically place 10 preschool students at each elementary school during preschool registration (a lottery will determine which preschool registrants receive those placements). Staff also said current families who enroll during the program’s renewal window will be placed immediately for the following year to keep family units together.

Administrators acknowledged staffing remains the principal constraint: the district said it has roughly 15 positions to fill and about eight staff currently in the hiring pipeline. The program reported mixed demand across elementary buildings for enrichment classes and said it will adjust its winter catalog and offerings to reflect building-level interest so staff time and instructor wages are sustainable. The district indicated it will improve communications to new families and review touchpoints for families placed on wait lists.

Board members asked about preserving family units, effects of new school start times on staffing and how preschool placements change overall slots; staff explained that family units are kept together (a newly placed preschool student brings older siblings along, if needed), that morning staffing needs are smaller than afternoon needs, and that a combination of attrition and additional hires will create capacity for new families.