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Church Street parent urges action after long wait to register for before/aftercare
Summary
A Church Street parent told the board that before- and after-school care registration at the youth bureau left families without spots despite arriving early; he urged the district to coordinate with the youth bureau to assess capacity and staffing needs.
During the public participation portion of the June 8 meeting, Julius Don, who identified himself as a Church Street parent, urged the board to address capacity problems for before- and after-school care offered through the youth bureau.
"I stood in this line for before and after care for more than 2 hours and when it was my turn, there were no more spots left," Don said, describing a sign-up day that opened at 10 a.m. He said parents at Church Street are facing wait lists and that some families arrive as early as 5:30 a.m. in hopes of securing care slots.
Don asked the board to "call the youth bureau, ask them how big the wait list is," and to work with them on staffing to serve working parents. Board members acknowledged the comment and thanked him for raising the concern. The transcript shows the board set public participation rules (three minutes per speaker and a 25-minute maximum), but the meeting record does not show a board action taken at that time to change youth bureau operations.
The comment adds to ongoing district conversations about student support and family needs; district staff and board members indicated elsewhere in the meeting that they are tracking summer and after-school program enrollments and capacity.
