Local News in Brief : Schools to Extend Recreation Time
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Under an experimental program, after-school recreation activities will be lengthened for thousands of students in the city of Los Angeles beginning as early as February.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Monday agreed to proceed with the program, which will extend existing recreation programs until 6 p.m. at 301 elementary and junior high schools. Most schools’ afternoon recreation programs now end about 4 p.m.
The $1.8-million program, which could be continued after a 30-day trial period, was funded recently by the Los Angeles City Council. The program, first initiated at five schools by Los Angeles Councilwoman Gloria Molina, is not a child-care program because students may come and go as they please. But it is intended to offer more supervised activities for so-called latchkey children who are left alone until their parents come home from work.
It is not yet known which schools will participate in the extended program, but they are expected to be scattered throughout the city.
The recreation program approved Monday is separate from a $2.1 million tutoring and child-care program being pushed by Mayor Tom Bradley.
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