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Parents say El Segundo Unified’s TLC after‑school program lacks space, staffing and oversight
Summary
Two Richmond Street School parents told the El Segundo Unified School District board that paid after‑school program TLC has been displaced by school construction, is sometimes run from windowless or cramped spaces, and is understaffed; they asked district leadership for a needs assessment, better communication and accountability.
Angie Greenspan, a parent, told the El Segundo Unified School District Board of Education on Aug. 26 that the district is treating the TLC after‑school program “as an afterthought” and urged the board and new district leadership to make the program a priority.
Greenspan said two Richmond Street School TLC classrooms were reassigned last year to make room for Eagle’s Nest during construction, displacing “dozens” of after‑care students and forcing staff to use temporary spaces. “Try telling 30 kindergarteners they can't touch things in a classroom,” she said, adding that her daughter’s class “spent their afternoons and the entire summer in a windowless basement‑like room” and that another group was “crammed into the Richmond library — nearly 40 kids — with strict instructions not to…
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