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Authority hears proposal for after-school '2 program' to address digital divide at housing sites
Summary
An educator proposed an after-school program to teach digital skills and provide homework help to children living in authority properties; commissioners asked about licensing, fingerprinting and parental involvement before committing to the program.
The board heard a presentation on April 1 from Suzanne Johnson, who proposed a neighborhood after-school program called the "2 program" to address the digital divide among children living on authority properties.
Johnson described the program's goals as providing internet-literacy training, supervised computer access, homework help, socialization and a positive rewards system. "This program has been created to educate, enlighten, and engage students with the youth within the…
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