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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If a family lives in an affordable housing complex it will be managed by AHC or APAH and have its own after school set up. I need to dig up the data on % use of extended day. The bus per am and pm usage alone shows the argument about walkers is either non existent or very very small.[/quote]

Really?  How does that work?[/quote]
There are after school programs run in the building— people volunteer to help the kids with homework, etc.  I’m not sure, but I think it’s free, but only open to residents of the building.  Volunteers or the program coordinators pick the kids up from their bus stop.
I know this is the case for Woodbury park and at least one other building run by ahc.[/quote]

Since English proficiency is the key to addressing the achievement gap, these programs should be focusing on that.  There are many ELL students who are not in immersion for many reasons (don't want it, prefer to go to a closer school, are not native SPanish speakers but still ELL, etc.) and they need and deserve the English language instruction they need to catch-up to their peers.  It isn't a lack of intelligence, it's a language barrier.[/quote]

I am 100% you are not hispanic - of course AHC and APAH know this. These are non profits set up specifically to help the residents they are serving. They work with other non profits like Bu Gata to address the needs in their developments. [/quote]

Yes - I'm suggesting that perhaps more English-learning efforts could be beneficial, not just tutoring in math or homework assistance.[/quote]

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