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Whether its planting fruit trees in lower Price Hill with students from Oyler School, or managing a greenhouse in Madisonville with young people from Lighthouse Youth Services, Groundwork Ohio River Valley is bridging the gap between environmental and social justice. The non-profit develops community-based partnerships to promote environmental, economic and social well-being and part of that partnership involves working with young people to improve and maintain the community spaces in the neighborhoods where they live. They re known as the Green Team.
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MARTINS FERRY U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is hoping to help create more “community schools,” which are districts that offer a wide scope of services outside of the classroom health and dental care, counseling, food pantries and more.
During a news conference held via telephone Wednesday, Brown said to help in this effort he is introducing the Full Service Community School Expansion Act.
The legislation would help schools work with resources and partners in the community to provide these additional services.
The goal of the bill, which is part of the $130 billion Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act, is to address students’ personal needs so teachers can focus on educating them inside the classrooms.
cincinnati public schools, a district that truly has embraced this community learning center the concept of community learning center s wraparound schools, has been a blessing for my school, oyler school because we have children who are experiencing poverty every day. and those precious children deserve a superior education. but without the resources to level the playing field and i do believe that education is the true leveller of our society. so i want to give our children every opportunity. and there was no way a few years ago. so with our school and our principal and our district embracing this wraparound schools concept, we have been