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Recreation staff: Menlo Park gymnastics program growing but constrained by staffing and space

Menlo Park Parks and Recreation Commission · March 26, 2026
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Recreation coordinator Megan Mullen told the Parks and Recreation Commission the city—s gymnastics program has shifted from competitive teams to recreation-focused offerings, ran 64 pop-up classes serving 422 participants after winter flooding, and is adding a girls pre-teen program while citing staffing, training and facility limits to expanding class supply.

Recreation coordinator Megan Mullen told the Menlo Park Parks and Recreation Commission on March 25 that the city—s gymnastics program, founded in 1962 and moved into its own building in 2013, has refocused from competitive teams to recreation and inclusive programming.

Mullen said the program currently employs seven full-time staff and seven temporary staff, and that recent winter flooding closed the facility for six weeks; during that time staff ran 64 pop-up classes that…

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