Boys & Girls Club reviews local partnership; board asks for curriculum and outcome data

Representatives from Boys & Girls Club Placer County presented to the Auburn Union School District board on program scale, safety systems and partnerships that connect the club to district schools. The club said it operates four local sites (including Auburn Elementary and a downtown clubhouse), runs evidence-based Project Learn programming, and reported offering more than 3,100 hours of programming to AUSD students in 2025, with 539 registered AUSD members and roughly 36,000 total attendance days.

Board members repeatedly asked for curriculum materials and for local outcome analysis. One trustee said the board had been requesting the club's curriculum for months; the club's representative said they had escalated the request to the national organization and would continue to pursue a downloadable version for the district.

Trustees also sought data tying club attendance to student academic progress. The club cited national research showing attendance thresholds (50 and 100 days per year) that correlate with positive academic and social outcomes; board members asked district staff to collaborate with the club to correlate local attendance records with district assessment data.

The club discussed safety practices, staffing and program components, including background checks, contracted safety consultants, site directors, and youth-development staff; board members asked staff to follow up on specific campus safety incident reports and to provide requested documentation.

Quotes in the meeting captured both parties' intent: the club said, —We offered over 3,100 hours of club programming to AUSD students. There were 539 registered AUSD members that came to the club, and it was about 36,000 total attendance days of AUSD members at the club,— and trustees asked staff to —provide us with direction, and we can certainly correlate those 2 points and then bring it back in the future.—