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Students urge Stratford Board to restore 21st Century after‑school funding after federal grant loss
Summary
Three Stratford High students urged the Stratford Board of Education to find funding after a competitive federal 21st Century after‑school grant did not fund their high school this year; district staff said the program is costly and middle schools received awards while the high‑school application fell short.
Students and families asked the Stratford Board of Education to consider local funding this year for the district's 21st Century after‑school program after the federal competitive grant that previously funded high‑school programming did not award funding to the high school for the 2024–25 academic year.
Three Stratford High students spoke during the meeting's public comment period. Naocea Roden, an 11th grader, told the board, "we unfortunately got the news that the federal government who was supposed to give us the funding didn't give us this year. And it was a really disappointment." Alyssa Hall, a Stratford High senior, said the program "has been very fun and beneficial to me and the community" and described tutoring, volunteer work for the Baldwin Center and Sterling House, and an annual senior citizens prom the program helped run. Senior Xavier Nacheta said the program "gave me…
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