St. Francis School District

Recreation Department

John Kloppenburg, Supervisor

Peggy Pfeffer, Secretary

Rita Davis, Community Engagement Coordinator

St. Francis Recreation Department Quarterly Meeting

April 16, 2014–5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

Willow Glen Library

Committee Members:John Thomsen, Rita Davis, John Kloppenburg, Peggy Pfeffer, Kim Baldwin, Holly Hopton, Jennifer Johns, Jeff Obst, Jan Rosera, Missy Zeman, * Kathy Scott

Agenda

  1. Updates within the Recreation Department
  2. Summer Cool: registration, offerings, Safety Town-now Safety Academy under S. School, soccer
  3. WECAN process for instructors
  4. New evaluation tools, informal and formal assessments of instructors, lesson plans, increased communication.
  5. Price drop of Poms & Safety Academy ( formerly Safety Town)
  6. Registration and Fun Night were both a success
  1. Witness the Fitness Initiative
  2. Ends first week in May: people received their water bottles and tees will be distributed the last week. Attendance was around 60 the first week and has dramatically dropped to almost nothing, especially on Thursdays.
  3. Volunteer issue and days/edits for next year
  1. Marketing and Community Engagement Plan
  1. Page in the City of St. Francis Newsletter
  2. Free on-line registration software ( Stadium Roar) Goal: summer
  3. New website for the district-soft roll out by summer
  1. Purpose and Goals for the St. Francis Recreation Committee

Mission Statement Draft – The St. Francis Recreation Department strives to meet the needs of the St. Francis Community through cost effective programs, which enhance the community through participation, creating a better, healthier life style.

The committee agreed to think more about the possible mission statement and discuss more at the next meeting.

Goals/Initiatives - New recreation programming, increased marketing and community connections, expanding volunteer programming, re-evaluate purpose of Quarterly Recreation Meeting.

  1. Other –
  1. Upcoming Meetings– TBD –probably when the next PTO meeting will be in September sometime.

NOTES

  • Ask the mayor about having ‘school’ information on the Rec page for September-October.
  • Equitability with programming came up: monetarily and with N/R and Resident fee structures.
  • ( Why doesn’t dance have a N/R fee and other programs like karate and judo do)
  • Commonality with programming, fees, instructors? Or is okay to differentiate?
  • Why did poms not go down to $25, why at $27?
  • Our open swim prices may need to go down…other rec’s are lower than ours
  • What is the cost to run the pool? ( Facilities) Ask Jonathan Mitchell
  • We need a comprehensive cost analysis of all programming—throughout the year, not just summer cool. We also need software to help fully implement this.

St Francis School District Recreation Department – Positive Community Engagement

The mission of the St. Francis School District is to prepare students to be literate and responsible world citizens.