Connect BPS schools with rec centers for after-school
Link more BPS schools with community rec centers so students can go to safe after-school spaces with siblings, encouraging activity, social interaction and better mental health.
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The idea
Connect more BPS schools with community rec centers to give students more options for safe spaces they can go afterschool with siblings. A lot of children now aways often return home afterschool and play videos to stay connected with peers.
Who it helps and why
This encourages movement, social interaction, and can improve mental health. We need more research to see what factors would promote and make familie comfortable and able to access many of the free and available resources and programming at Libraries and Rec Centers.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 15, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Education, Youth & Families
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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