Children now benefit from a consistent, safe and fun place to learn when school's out.
The purpose of KidsZone is to provide a safe learning recreation environment for children from single-parent work families and families in which both parents work. During the summer Whittier and Quindaro were open and served 200 children with out of school programming. Due to funding changes within USD 500 and in an effort to concentrate programming in especially high risk neighborhoods, OPEN-K continues as an out of school provider in four schools. In the 1999 - 2000 school year the Program Assistants work with 240 children. Currently 4-H is the primary service provider for Banneker Elementary.