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Kids Plus program seeks to standardize $50 registration fee as first step toward sustainability
Summary
Kids Plus staff told the board Kids Plus is tuition‑funded, facing rising payroll costs and projected to draw about $300,000 from fund balance this year; staff proposed standardizing the annual registration fee at $50 per child (including for CCS employees) to recover about $14,000, with broader discount and rate recommendations planned for fall Phase 2.
Amber Diggins, who leads the district’s Kids Plus before‑and‑after school childcare program, told the Board on April 6 that enrollment has remained relatively stable while payroll costs have risen sharply — from about $2.6 million in 2023–24 to $3.5 million in 2025–26 — and that the program expects to rely on a nearly $300,000 draw from its fund balance this year. Kids Plus is 100%…
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