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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They didn't even consider cutting the county's random rec center after school program. I find that strange. How many kids use that program vs the after-school programs at the school? No one even knows it exists. Its is a jobs program for counth employees? Whats the deal?[/quote]

NCS' youth programming [b]is used by a large number of youth and teens throughout the county.[/b] They are open longer hours, to include the weekends. They also serve older teens, which the middle school program does not. For many middle schoolers, they feel the need to leave the school for various reasons, and community centers/teen centers provide a place they can go instead. I don't disagree that the middle schools' programs should continue to be funded, but it's disingenuous to state that "nobody" uses ncs' other youth programming. Many use both, in fact, there is NCS transportation from the middle school after school program to evening programming at an NCS site. It's a great partnership to maintain, a shame that the value of it seems to be lost on those handling the budget. [/quote]

How many youths and teens use their after school program? How much does it cost per year? Their after school programming is offered at only a few sites across the whole county with transportation from just a handful of schools. If the choice is between a program only a handful of kids use vs. one ALL the kids can use, obviously you would go with something for ALL the kids? [/quote]

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