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Boys and Girls Club staff urge transportation funding to help students recover from COVID learning losses
Summary
A staff member at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati described how assessments and tutoring have lifted studentsgrades and urged using funding for transportation so working families can get children to after‑school supports that address academic and nonacademic needs; the transcript does not record a formal vote or amount requested.
A staff member at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati said the organization is seeing persistent "education barrier[s]" that began with COVID and continuing support is needed to help students recover.
"The biggest challenge is the education barrier that we have seen from COVID to now," the staff member said, describing the clubs role in assessing students and arranging tutoring.
The speaker said staff use regular assessments to identify where students are academically and then secure tutoring to "get these kids back on track." "We have seen kids who will go from an F to a C," the staff member said, adding that students are often enthusiastic when they begin completing homework and seeing improvement.
Beyond academics, the speaker outlined a range of enrichment and supports the club provides, saying, "We have our gardening club, basketball. We offer flag football, baseball, mental health and wellness, financial literacy, building up their resume, and just kind of getting them ready for the world." The speaker framed the approach as focusing on the "whole child."
A central request in the remarks was to use available funding for transportation so more children can attend programs. "So now we can use some of the funding for transportation to get kids more to our club from their schools," the staff member said, noting that many parents work and cannot pick their children up after school, which leaves children to go home instead of accessing supports.
The speaker emphasized the importance of a consistent place that holds children accountable and provides services, asking, "If not us, then who?" and closed by describing participation in the Shakeley Boys and Girls Club and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati as formative: "If it wasn't for Shakeley Boys and Girls Club, if it wasn't for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cincinnati and learning what I learned there, I wouldn't be doing this."
The transcript supplies these remarks but does not identify a meeting date, venue, or any formal motion, vote, or dollar amount tied to the transportation request. The amount and source of the funding the speaker referenced were not specified in the transcript.
