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Recreation staff recap Cinco de Mayo, after‑school pentathlon and open‑swim changes
Summary
Recreation supervisor Anna Casillas told the commission the Cinco de Mayo event drew about 200 attendees, after‑school programs served students at four sites with 117 signed up for the spring pentathlon, and staff will end Monday open‑swim days for the summer due to low participation.
Anna Casillas, recreation supervisor, presented a recap of recent community programs, detailing the May 2 Cinco de Mayo event and updates to after‑school and swim programming.
"My name is Anna Casillas. I'm one of the recreation supervisors and I'm here to present on our Cinco de Mayo recap as well as after school programming," she told the commission. Casillas said the Cinco de Mayo celebration (5:30–9 p.m., Mission District) featured 17 artisan vendors, live entertainment including an Aztec dance group and the San Miguel band, three food trucks, 15 community booths, and new attractions such as a 360‑degree photo booth and an inflatable mechanical bull. "Overall the event garnered about 200 participants," she said, and staff plan to refresh elements to attract more attendees next year.
On after‑school services, Casillas said programming runs at four sites (Coolage, McKinley, Wilson and Washington) for first‑through‑fifth graders with daily homework time, arts and crafts, and recreational activities. She described the spring pentathlon at Jefferson Middle School (April 12), which drew 117 signups; 16 students advanced to the Southern California Municipal Athletic Federation meet for San Gabriel Valley, where participants placed across first through fourth places.
Commissioners asked if national reports that the federal government paused roughly $6 billion in education grants would affect local programs. Casillas replied that most youth programming is funded from the city general fund, with a small portion from Community Development Block Grant funds and one program supported through an LA County supervisor discretionary allocation, and said staff do not anticipate immediate impacts: "To our knowledge, it's not impacted yet."
Casillas also discussed swim programming: participation on Mondays has averaged about 15 people compared with roughly 50 on peak days. As a result, staff announced they will discontinue Monday open‑swim days for the remainder of the summer and encourage residents to use other days. She noted staff have made incremental plumbing fixes at the pool but that larger renovations would depend on capital grants (an ORLOP grant was put on hold).
Staff said registration for the after‑school program opens online the morning after the meeting and reiterated that space is limited. The commission asked staff to provide follow‑up reports on program enrollment and a full recap of summer programs at the October meeting.
