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Eighth-grade civics class tells Trust housing affects teachers and coaches; Trust offers engagement and resources
Summary
An eighth-grade civics group visited the Affordable Housing Trust on June 3 to discuss how housing affordability affects teachers, coaches and community members; Trust members pointed to local housing programs and offered to meet with the students again.
A group of eighth graders from Nantucket joined the Affordable Housing Trust meeting on June 3 to describe how housing affordability has affected teachers, coaches and other adults they know.
Chloe Washington, speaking for the group, said the project is a civics assignment about housing and that many of the students—teachers and coaches have had to move or lack secure housing because of local prices. "A lot of our teachers and coaches — have had to move or couldn't be, like, secure housing because...they couldn't find secure housing because of the prices," she said.
Trust members described local organizations and programs the students could explore, including Housing Nantucket, Habitat for Humanity's Wade Drive homeownership lottery (applications due June 16) and a rental lottery with applications due June 23. Meg Bowers pointed the students toward Nantucket Education Trust, the nonprofit that oversees staff housing behind the schools, and offered additional contacts.
Chair Brian Sullivan and staff offered to visit the students' class and provide a follow-up in-person session after school lets out. The Trust did not take action on the visit; members treated it as community engagement and provided contact suggestions and encouragement for the students' civics project.
