“As city acts on their cause, community school advocates carve out a new role”, Chalkbeat
Armed with orange and blue balloons, a throng of parents and children converged on the education department headquarters this week chanting, “We want, we need, a community school policy.”
Within minutes, a top city official approached the crowd, borrowed an organizer’s bullhorn, and said the city had heard their demand: The policy was on its way.
Read the whole article here, including input from one of our Social Work Directors, Afton Vermeer, on the impact of the initiative in her school.