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Historic-park board seeks more docents and plans manual revisions; aims to sync camp registrations
Summary
The Farmers Branch Historical Park board requested a redline of the GO/docent program manual, identified Lauren as the primary docent lead and signaled a need for more volunteers; members also urged aligning camp enrollment dates across city programs after some camps sold out early.
The Farmers Branch Historical Park board reviewed the GO (docent) program manual and requested staff produce a redline version of the manual for the board’s review. The chair asked Kim to prepare edits and return them at a future meeting.
Board members and staff said Lauren is the primary docent lead and that more volunteers would help sustain guided tours and school visits. During the discussion a member reported there are currently roughly a dozen active docents and expressed a goal of increasing that number to around 20, but members also said precise counts were not available at the meeting and should be confirmed by staff.
Members also raised frustration that some specialized camps (for example, Paloma’s camps and 'Girls Make History') opened registration earlier than other city programs, causing families to miss available slots. Staff said the intent is to synchronize camp enrollment so that all city-run camps open on similar schedules (targeting March enrollment) going forward; they agreed to follow up with brochure and schedule details.
A board member asked staff to provide a volunteer and docent-count update at the next meeting so the board can plan recruitment and training. No formal action was taken; staff will return with a redlined manual and updated volunteer counts.
