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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 21, 2003
SUBJECT:
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Alameda County Library Homework Center at Dublin Library
Report by Diane Lowart, Parks & Community Services Director
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Memorandum from Pat Zahn, Dublin Library Manager
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: One of the City Council high priority goals for 2003-2004 is to
"Explore feasibility of tutoring program, partnering with School District". The Dublin Library has taken
the lead in this goal as described in the attached memorandum from Dublin Library Manager Pat Zahn.
The Homework Center at the Dublin Library will provide homework assistance for children in grades 3-8.
This assistance will be provided by students from the Dublin High School Leadership class as well as by
others who are interested. Help will be available from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday
during the School Year. The Homework Center will be funded by the Alameda County Library
Foundation, which will provide funding for a site coordinator. The site coordinator will be responsible for
providing homework assistance, and recruiting, selecting, training and scheduling volunteers to assist the
children in completing homework assignments and using library resources. The Homework Center will
begin in November, pending the hiring of the coordinator.
Although the City is not actively involved in the operation of the program at this time, Staff believes that
the library is an ideal place for the program given the resources that are available at the library to assist
children with homework. Further the partnership between the School District and the Library on
coordination of the program will be beneficial to the program.
Staff will monitor the program and report back to the Council at a later date regarding the success of the
program and whether the program is meeting the needs of the community.
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Alameda County Library - Linda Wood, Peggy Watson,
Pat Zahn
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Union City
DATE: October 7, 2003
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Richard Ambrose, City Manager
City of Dublin
Pat Zahn, Dublin Library Manager !~'~.~./~~~ /
PLANNING FOR HOMEWORK CENTER AT THE DUBLIN LIBRARY
As County Librarian Linda Wood has informed you, we are pleased to announce that we will be
offering a homework center this year beginning in November, depending on the hidng of a site
coordinator. Homework assistance will be offered for children in grades 3-8. This assistance will
be provided by high school students from Tim Sbranti's Leadership class as well as by others who
are interested. Help will be available from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. dudng the school year. Some
supplies will be available and we hope to obtain textbooks from the School Distdct
We have met with Tim Sbranti and bdefly with Paul McCreary. We also hope to meet with Dr. Hare
of the Dublin Unified School Distdct in the near future; however, her schedule is very full. ~.
The'project will be funded by the Alameda County Library Foundation, which will provide fu%ing for'
a site coordinator. That person will be responsible for providing homework assistance, and
recruiting, .~electing, training and scheduling high school volunteers to assist elementary through
middle schOOl students in completing homework assignments and using library resources. That
person will also maintain supplies, records, statistics, and submit reports as needed. We have sent
out job announcements for this position to the community and as soon as that person is hired, we
will recruit volunteers and send out press releases to the newspapers and flyers to the schools,
both public and pdvate.
We believe that adding this service will fill an important need and one which is often requested. We
are fortunate to have a facility which will accommodate it.
If you have any questions, please contact me at 803-7266.
cc: Council Member Tim Sbranti, City of Dublin
Diane Lowart, Parks and Community Services Director, City of Dublil
Paul McCreary, Parks and Community Services Manager, City of Dui
Linda M. Wood, County Librarian ,
' ).~i. ' PeggY WatsOn, Head of Branches . .... ~i ~
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