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Community Education reports $16M projected revenue, outlines goals to deepen engagement
Summary
Community Education leaders presented FY25 results and FY26 goals, noting roughly $16M in FY26 revenue projections (about 80% from program fees) and outlining priorities for family engagement, staff retention and early childhood supports.
Community Education leadership presented a year-end summary and a set of department goals to the board. The presentation described Community Ed as a largely fee-supported operation (Fund 04) that expects in excess of $16 million in revenue for FY2025-26, with approximately 80% of that coming from program fees and the remainder from state funding and levy revenue.
Slides and commentary highlighted program-level metrics: community volunteers serving literacy programs, summer preschool and before-/after-school participation numbers, and more than 1,200 K-5 students enrolled in before- and afterschool care. The presentation emphasized customer-service improvements including a reimagined Welcome Center, deployments of Freshservice ticketing and JotForms workflow tools, and an outreach strategy for early childhood screening and scholarships (IOCP grants and Great Opportunities scholarships).
Administration framed Community Ed priorities as improving belonging and accessibility, reducing participation barriers with scholarship programs, and strengthening talent and retention. The board packet included detail on grants distributed (for example, 22 grants totalling $445,773 through the Partners for Healthy Kids program) and scholarship counts and amounts used to reduce participation barriers.
