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Kids Corner staff warn of unsafe ratios, urge pay and space fixes
Summary
Kids Corner staff and supervisors told the board that chronic understaffing, low pay and space shortages are creating unsafe supervision ratios and that summer enrollment proposals risk worsening burnout. They asked the district to prioritize wage and staffing fixes before raising camp caps.
Mon'nique Diva, a Kids Corner staff member, told the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District board that several after‑school and break‑time sites have been operating at "unsafe ratios" this year and described a recent shift in which a supervisor had only two staff to supervise 100 children. She said the program has struggled to recruit and retain staff, pointing to a low wage she cited in the meeting transcript as "1794" and to poor applicant follow‑through on hiring platforms such as ZipRecruiter and Indeed. According to Diva's remarks, Kids Corner has 88 staff across 10 sites and is on track in district projections to gross $5 million, while some…
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