NY: Four years in, community schools program still going strong (May require subscription)
Adirondack Daily Enterprise – November 05, 2021
Erica Bezio brought a rotary phone to the Saranac Lake school board meeting last month to illustrate her role as the district community schools liaison. The bulky old phone only did one thing: make calls. Likewise, schools simply offered education. Bezio released a smartphone. Now, she says, phones have many functions – they’re cameras, entertainment, tools and “Lifelines”. Likewise, she added, schools are now responsible for children’s nutrition, physical education, physical and mental well-being and entertainment. The goal of the community schools program, she said, is to ensure that children in the district have the best possible life at home, which means they are more likely to be successful in school.
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