Okay even in the darkest of times, there are good things happening. Yesterday, a broad representation of our Riverside community met at Longfellow Elementary to introduce the new STAR program that will support students and families in character education, job issues and acquisition, and gang-alternative strategies. Once again our community comes together -- working to sustain and enhance the experience and options of our students. The program is supported by Riverside County DA (Rod Pacheco), the City of Riverside, Riverside Opportunity Center (Rev Jerry Lowder), Riverside PD, and ourselves.
The program through the afterschool program will provide capacity and empowerment to our students and their families. While there have been other programs like this across the U.S. -- this is a first -- given the age of the students. Based on successful models it works not only with the students but with their parents in the empowerment process. Good job Riverside -- once again!
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