Action 1 Questions

First, Let’s look at some basic assumptions:

• 360 participating students in Camp Montrose for the entire year

• Three different types of Camp Montrose days: After School Care, No School Day, and Summer

• Four tuition tiers for Camp Montrose students for each type of day

• 90 students in each pricing tier (90 students x 4 tiers = 360 students)

Second, let’s look at the revenue generated for each type of Camp Montrose day using the assumptions above.

After School Care

The daily After School Care revenue for all four tuition tiers combined = $2,700

• Highest Tier - $12/day x 90 students = $1,080

• 2nd Tier - $8/day x 90 students = $720

• 3rd Tier - $6/day x 90 students = $540

• Lowest Tier - $4/day x 90 students = $360

There are 167 After School Care days in a school year. 167 days x $2,700 (daily revenue) = $450,900

No School Days

The daily No School revenue for all tuition tiers combined = $8,100

• Highest Tier - $36/day x 90 = $3,240

• 2nd Tier - $24/day x 90 = $2,160

• 3rd Tier - $18/day x 90 = $1,620

• Lowest Tier - $12/day x 90 = $1,080

There are 28 No School days in a school year. 28 days x $8,100 (daily revenue) = $226,800

Summer

The daily Summer revenue for all four tuition tiers combined = $8,100

• Highest Tier - $36/day x 90 = $3,240

• 2nd Tier - $24/day x 90 = $2,160

• 3rd Tier - $18/day x 90 = $1,620

• Lowest Tier - $12/day x 90 = $1,080

There are 55 Summer days. 55 days x $8,100 (daily revenue) = $445,500

Finally, we take the total revenue from each of the three types of Camp Montrose Care and add them together.

• Yearly After School Care Revenue = $405,900

• Yearly No School Day Revenue = $226,800

• Yearly Summer Revenue = $445,900

Total Estimated Yearly Revenue for Camp Montrose = $1,123,200

That said, it is worth noting that these calculations are estimates. Any action that receives the support of the Assembly and moves towards implementation would need to be right-sized for Montrose.

In the Camp Montrose budget, a winning Delegate Improvement changed the action to begin with 3 schools, rather than all 9 elementary and middle schools. On row 27 of that budget, the School District Facilities Cleaning had not been updated from 9 schools to 3 schools. That has been corrected lowering the overall estimated budget from $270,000 to $240,000. For clarity, that budget factors in revenue to offset costs.

The school district has an after-school program called The Extended Learning Network. As of August 2023, they had programming at Pomona Elementary, Johnson Elementary, and Outer Range. They do not currently offer programming on no-school days. But the current structure of Action 1 would open up collaborative opportunities between the district and community youth programs to fill this need.

No it isn’t. Action 2, Kids Program Connector, transports students from their schools to the locations of existing after school youth programs (e.g. to the Boys & Girls Club, to the Field House, to the Rec Center, etc.). Action 1, Camp Montrose, allows some students to remain at their own schools for after school activities, run by a consortium of Montrose’s youth program providers working at the schools. Other students are then transported to those schools for activities.

The budget currently only covers the cost of taking students to their nearest Camp Montrose locations. It does not include the cost of returning them. This is something that could be contemplated in an implementation phase.

Yes. One representative from the school board and one from the district on the Solutions Team, along with the leadership of the Boys & Girls Club, the Montrose Recreation District and Maslow Academy all agreed that if the Delegates were interested in pursuing Camp Montrose, they would be ready to work on implementation. The Superintendent subsequently affirmed that commitment, and also asked Unify Montrose founder Harry Gottlieb to present these ideas to the entire school district leadership (all of the Principals and other leaders) so they would be informed, which he did on September 14, 2023.

The Montrose Recreation District has a large number of volunteer opportunities available. The majority of our volunteers are youth sports coaches (baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, basketball, etc.). Other opportunities within the sports realm are scorekeepers, officials (refs, umpires), field maintenance, and pickleball instructor or tournament helper. Outside of the sports realm, there are volunteer opportunities in the after school programs, climbing wall instruction, landscaping, senior center activity leaders, 50+ tour drivers, and many more! There is a formal (but simple) onboarding process for volunteers, there is no public access portal for people to see our volunteer opportunities. If you have a passion to spread to the community, the Montrose Recreation Department wants to hear from you For now, interested volunteers should contact Debby Zarkis, Business Operations and Project Coordinator at debby@montroserec.com, 970-249-7705.

To become a volunteer with the Black Canyon Boys & Girls Club, an inquiring person must fill out a volunteer application, which explicitly asks for two references, if they are legally allowed to work with children, and for consent to conduct a federal background check. The application also asks the inquiring person to list what skill sets they would like to volunteer to the organization. Upon approval of the application, an orientation must be completed. The time commitment for volunteers (6-8 hrs per month) is a mandatory requirement.

Below is a comprehensive list of the activities that volunteers can assist with at the Black Canyon Boys & Girls Club:

• Program Volunteer: Helps with day-to-day activities by teaching:

  • Dance

  • Woodworking

  • Acting

  • Science

  • Help with homework

• Expert Volunteer: Helps with special projects for the youth by teaching:

  • Computer Programming

  • Business

  • Law Enforcement

• Special Event Coordinator: Helps coordinate, organize, and run fundraising and charity events

• Interns:

  • College students who can transfer volunteer hours to “college credit”.

  • Requires a larger time commitment: 8-15 hours per week.

  • Must complete and adhere to employment requirements, as an employee would.

The following school website pages lists 7:45 am or earlier for drop-off time. If you have more accurate and up-to-date information - or if a specific school’s schedule does not mirror the schedules below, please let us know so that a correction can be issued with a link to a source.

Oak Grove Elementary: Gates Open at 7:35am

Pomona Elementary: Breakfast in Gym at 7:30am

Johnson Elementary: Rolling Entry Breakfast or Playground at 7:30am-7:40am, 7:40am-8:00am Students Go to Cafeteria or Classroom

Olathe Elementary: Dropoff at 7:30am-8:00am

Centennial Elementary: Cafeteria opens for Breakfast at 7:45am

The purpose of this Deliberation is to capture the ideas the Delegates want to see Montrose pursue. There are several possible ways to fund any public initiative.

Please see FAQ “If two-thirds of the Assembly agree on a Plan of Action, who would fund the solution and what are the limitations of that funding?” for further explanation.

That would be determined in an implementation phase. The question for the Delegates is whether the idea is worth pursuing. If you have specific ideas of how this might be best administered, please include that in your feedback.

What will happen to school facilities needed clean/painted, new carpet etc over the summer?

Great question. What are your thoughts on how to solve for this problem?

Will transportation be provided? How will it work, if so?

As the idea stands now, public school kids could stay at their own school, and private school students would have vans take them to the nearest public school. But if you have a better way to approach this, your role as a Delegates is to shape these ideas!

Who will the staff be at all 9 locations/ where will we get enough people from?

As the idea stands now, the staff are provided by the participating youth organizations in Montrose. But likely, there would need to be some additional staff who can act as counselors to have enough for it to work at all 9 schools. Do you have thoughts on how to best handle this? Or is there a way you’d change this action to make it work better?

How late will locations be open to pick up kids?

How late do you think it should be? This will ultimately be resolved during an implementation phase if that happens, but what do you think the goal should be for the last pick-up time?

How long will this take to implement into a calibrated program?

That is really difficult to know until an implementation phase, if any. What we do know is that the Boys & Girls Club, the Rec District and the School District are all ready to work together to make this happen, if it ends up being an idea that the Assembly likes. So that’s the question, what do you think of this idea? And are there ways to improve upon it?

This idea came from leaders at the Boys & Girls Club, the Rec District and the School District. The Rec District and School District have run back-to-back summer programs - not fully coordinated, other than by time. We don’t know if other community youth organizations are working together like this in other communities.