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Kodiak YMCA outlines rapid school-based childcare expansion, asks district to preserve shared space
Summary
Erica Thompson Blondin of the Kodiak YMCA told the school board the organization launched school-based after‑school and summer childcare at East and Peterson, will license a Maine site June 1, has capacity for 134 students (excluding Maine), and received a $100,000 investment from the Rasmuson Foundation to support staffing and scholarships.
Erica Thompson Blondin, child care director for Kodiak YMCA, told the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education that the YMCA has launched school‑based childcare at East and Peterson and plans to open a third licensed site at Maine on June 1.
“Right now, we have 2 active sites. We have East and Peterson,” Thompson Blondin said, adding the combined program capacity (not including Maine) is 134 students and the YMCA employs 16 local staff with hiring ongoing for summer programs. She said the program has provided financial assistance to more than two dozen children and is using a shared‑use memorandum of…
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