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Recommendations for 2008 • There are only a few changes I would like to propose for 2008. One of the major changes would be the maximum number of participants allowed at each site. After reviewing attendance charts for the past three years it is very apparent that never more than 90% of those registered attend on any given day and the average daily attendance is no more than 64% of those registered. As a result, increasing attendance at the afternoon sites to 60 participants (with 4 staff) would allow more participants to register (we had to turn several families away at our full sites this summer) and still keep the program within the ratios of now more than 1 staff to every 15 participants. Based on the attendance charts from the morning sites I would like to recommend decreasing the maximums to 40 participants and decreasing the staff total to three per site. I would lastly like to recommend decreasing the hours of the morning programs from 8:30 a.m. — Noon to 9 a.m. — Noon. Many of the children did not arrive until 9 a.m. or later at the sites and it was often difficult for the staff to plan activities for the early part of the program as there were never more than a handful of children present until after 9 a.m. • Other program structure recommendations for 2008 would be as follows: Morning Playground Program Hours: 9 a.m. - Noon Ratio: 1 to 15 Cost: $85; $60 Lino Lakes Resident Dates: June 16 - August 7, 8 weeks Birch Park - Max of 40, 3 staff 1 Head Leader, 1 Leader, 1 Assistant Leader Sunrise Park - Max of 40, 3 staff 1 Head Leader, 1 Leader, 1 Assistant Leader Afternoon Playground Program Hours: 1 - 4:30 p.m. Ratio: 1 to 15 Cost: $95; $70 Lino Lakes Resident Dates: June 16 - August 7, 8 weeks Behm's Park - Max of 60, 4 staff 1 Head Leader, 2 Leaders, 1 Assistant Leader Birch Park - Max of 60, 4 staff 1 Head Leader, 2 Leaders, 1 Assistant Leader Clearwater Creek Park - Max of 60, 4 staff 1 Head Leader, 2 Leaders, 1 Assistant Leader Sunrise Park - Max of 60, 4 staff 1 Head Leader, 2 Leaders, 1 Assistant Leader Highland Meadows Park - Max of 60, 3 staff 1 Head Leader, 1 Leaders, 1 Assistant Leader (HMP Note: average for past three years too low to justify more than 3 staff, very doubtful max will be reached) Other Recommendations: Summer Coordinators — 2 (one w/a focus on weekly art projects, one w/a focus on curriculum) Leader Substitutes — 2