All slots were filled within two hours, and some almost immediately, according to St. Paul Parks and Recreation. Many St. Paul parents received what city officials called a default error message indicating their child was not eligible because they did not live within the city limits.
Most of the funding in the first year of the city's new 20-year sales tax increase will be dedicated to parks maintenance, including replacing natural gas steam boilers at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory with geothermal heat pumps.