Chicago Sun-Times. November 3, 2023.
Editorial: Keep after-school programs alive across Illinois
Lawmakers must do whatever they can to keep after-school programs afloat. Thousands of young people could lose access to programs because of a costly overspending error by the Illinois State Board of Education.
For an example of the difference that access to after-school activities can make in the lives of young people, consider the city’s newest Boys & Girls Club in Garfield Park.
There was loud opposition two years ago to the idea of locating the club on the campus with the city’s new public safety academy. Having African American and Latino young people in close proximity to large numbers of police officers was indeed a radical idea that had to be done right, as this editorial board said at the time.
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But plans went ahead, and in August, the $15 million Rusu-McCartin…
