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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, CITRUS SCHOOL The Board reviewed the following memo dated 9/25/90: TO: .rim Chandler DATE: Sept. 25, 1990 FILE: County Administrator } FROM: Patricia Callahan Recreation Director SUBJECT: After School Program - Citrus Commission Agenda Request 10/2/90 REFERENCES: In the 89-90 Budget Year the County Commission funded four after school programs and have made a commitment in the 90-91 Budget to fund six after school programs. The program works like this: The school supplies the teachers and aides from their school and the county pays the teacher ($10.21 per hour) and the aide their school salary (average $6.50 per hour). There is one teacher and one aide for each 50 students. The students are charged $5.00 per week up to $10.00 per family a week. The school provides the facility, the building maintenance, utilities, janitorial supplies, and sports equipment i.e. basketball, football, etc.. y` The Indian River County Recreation Secretary co-ordinates all paperwork, bookkeeping, and works with the co-ordinators at each school. Each child is registered with parental signature and a release is signed. The program is each school day 3:30-5:30 p.m.. The program is designed for the child who goes home after school hours to an empty house. In 89-90 the program cost (001 & 004) $45,000 and provided revenue of $17,432.00 (almost 50%). I do not approach any school and never did - the principals at the functioning after school programs approached me. The school must want the program for it to work. Attached, please find a letter from Fran Adams, Citrus School Principal. Ms. Adams was assigned to Citrus -on August 2nd, therefore she had no way of requesting _ the program for 90-91 budgeting. Once she asset that Citrus is in much need of this program she phoned which led to attached letter. Citrus will have a large after school enrollment. I am requesting $9,500 for salaries and $500 for first aid, minor supplies with an offsetting revenue of $5,000-$6,000. The program would begin stew and ,.,...~:. ue thr-q &-- 5/24/91. Thank you for your attention to this project and your placing the matter on the County Commission Agenda 10/2/90. ®R, AIMMMA