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p. . <br />MEMO 7: Mounds View Communit Ed ation Advisory Council <br />FROM: Bruce K. Anderson, c <br />Parks, Recreation a e try <br />DATE: January 28, 1986 <br />RE: toncl Ranye Facilities Usage Task Force <br />Having had the opportunity to review the recommendations that <br />wi'll be passed on to the Mounds View School Board Erom the Lonq <br />Range Facilities Usage Task Force I would like to propose the <br />following statements be taken by the MVCEAC: <br />1. I feel one oE our main purposes is to represent the 70-74 <br />percent of families within the School District that currently <br />do not have school age children. <br />2. Community education currently provides services to those <br />households through pragrams such as ABCE, enrichment class <br />offerings, senior citizen programs, computer training center, <br />and early childhood/family education programs. <br />3'. The 'Edgewood Commun`ity Center Ys` currently serving over 6,000 <br />resident visits per month to attend programs not directiy <br />related to the School District or community education , such <br />as`the emergency food shelf. commodities proqram, RAP, WIC, <br />Ramsey County, Health Center, Aleoholics Anonymous. cable TV <br />access, Wilder Child Guidance branch and the NW Suburban <br />Youth Service Rureau. <br />4. Commuqity education programs are currently fundec; through the <br />State community education levy and early childhocd levy along <br />with proqram Eees, and receives minimal support from the <br />School District generel fund. In reality, the community <br />education proqrams currently subsidize the general fund in <br />the amount of $220,000 - 5240,000 for rental s ace at Edqe- <br />wood Community Center. <br />5.` Community edur.ation largely serves as Che public relations <br />tool'for thP School District, especially for th se non K-12 <br />Ea flies and pTays an importaht role by in directly influenc- <br />ing the K-12 cu riculum.