https://reasonstobecheerful.world/school-homeless-shelter-san-francisco/
"The idea of optimizing school district property for evening and weekend use
isn’t new, but Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Community School (BVHM, for short)
appears to be the first modern public elementary school to have hosted a
long-term, overnight family shelter.
“As far as our knowledge in the entire country, we are the first people to do
it,” said San Francisco City Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who was instrumental in
advocating for the program.
Some objected: Shelter should not be the responsibility of a school, they
argued.
And yet, “We were the folks that were willing to do it,” said Nick Chandler,
the BVHM community school coordinator.
His school serves approximately 600 students in the heart of San Francisco’s
Mission District, three blocks from the exclusive Adda Clevenger School and
across the street from a restaurant serving a $16 roasted octopus appetizer.
Just under 60 percent of the students are English language learners, and just
over 60 percent have been deemed socioeconomically disadvantaged, though that’s
an undercount according to the school’s staff who say many of their families
are also undocumented or under-documented."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
