Tuesday, June 26, 2012

I thought they were volunteers?!?

Communities In Schools ties with Atlanta’s public schools in jeopardy | SaportaReport
For 40 years, Communities In Schools has been working with the Atlanta Public Schools to help the most vulnerable students stay on course and graduate.
The organization, which was founded in Atlanta as Exodus in 1972, now is in 24 states and the District of Columbia working with about 3,000 schools across the country. It is considered one of the nonprofits that has been most successful in getting tangible results.
But now the Atlanta Board of Education is considering ending its partnership with Communities In Schools.
Erroll Davis, superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, has proposed ending the school system’s relationships with several nonprofit organizations, including Communities In Schools, Teach for America, Project Grad and Hands On Atlanta as cost saving measures.
But ending those relationships is creating great concern among community leaders who are concerned about what will happen to the students who are in great need of extra support if those nonprofits are not there.
Wait. You mean APS is paying them? So they're not really volunteers, they're subcontractors?

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