Gloucester’s Community Education coordinators rely upon one another—but even more so they rely on the active involvement of county residents—in order to present a successful program to the public.

Christi Lewis, head of the Gloucester County Department of Community Education, accompanied by other community education coordinators, talked about the role of her department during a Middle Peninsula League of Voters forum Friday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church, Main Street.

Lewis said she has a great team working with her, and used the theme of a ship’s crew throughout the presentation, with herself as the captain, and the entire crew working together with the goal of building a better community. "Every part of what we do involves every one of us," Lewis said.

The department has community education coordinators in each of the county’s six elementary schools, and was slated to begin putting coordinators in the middle schools and high sc...