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Parents question Boys & Girls Club afterschool program quality; board staff say they will review operations
Summary
Trustees heard criticism that Boys & Girls Club sites funded through the Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) spend time on video games and YouTube rather than homework help and enrichment. Staff said they regularly check sites and would review program operations.
Several trustees and parents pressed staff on the quality of after‑school programming funded through the district's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP), saying Boys & Girls Club sites were not delivering the academic support the district had described.
"If we're gonna call it education, you know, extended learning opportunities, it's not that," Trustee Paul Cooper said after parents described programs dominated…
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