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District seeks more high‑school counselors for Camp Wooten as counselor applications lag
Summary
Superintendent Pete said Camp Wooten (June 1–4) has funding but is short on high‑school counselors (24 needed, 6 applied); staff cited student overcommitment and social-media backlash as possible causes and will report an update by the next meeting.
Superintendent Pete told the board that Camp Wooten is funded for the upcoming session (June 1–4) but the district has only six high-school applicants for the 24 counselor slots needed to staff cabins and activities.
Pete said staff have done announcements and emailed families but the district is not getting the response required to safely run the camp for more than 100 students without adequate counselor coverage. He suggested causes include students being overcommitted to multiple activities and some negative social-media backlash when counselors have been blamed in prior incidents. "We simply are not getting the response that it's not just that we need. It's that we require in order to make this happen," Pete said.
Staff said they will continue outreach with principals and middle-school staff and provide an update before the district's food preorder deadline (mid-April timeframe referenced); the board discussed possible reconsideration of timing if counselor recruitment does not improve. The superintendent emphasized the district will not send students without sufficient responsible counselors assigned to cabins.
