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Parent raises concerns about STAR camp schedule and status of 'Watchdogs' volunteer program
Summary
A Hermosa Beach parent told the board the STAR summer camp ended earlier than the district's extended school year sessions, creating childcare gaps for families; the parent also asked whether the Watchdogs volunteer program (dads and caregivers volunteering at schools) will return.
A parent identified only as Sam told the Hermosa Beach City School District Board that STAR summer camp ended about a week and a half before the district's Extended School Year (ESY) program concluded, leaving families without planned childcare and creating hardship for working parents.
"This past summer during the extended school year, we noticed that the STAR camp ended, like, a week and a half before the extended school year did," Sam said, adding the difference in schedules forced parents to…
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