I think this is very good. I'd like to know more about how you actually
implemented this option. Is it worked into your budget or did you seek
grants to help fund the transportation /childcare or do parents help in
any way?

Regards
Katrina Hinson


>>> "Terri DeVito" <night-school at usa.net> 07/11/06 6:19 AM >>>

My name is Terri Stone and I have been an ESOL/ABE Director of a
smaller,
semi-rural program in Mass. for the past 9 years.  Two issues that
continue to
arise for our students as well as for our more at-risk community members
are
the issues of childcare and transportation.  We have opted from the very
beginning of our program to offer both on-site, free childcare and free
transportation from our community and one abutting community.  We hope
to
expand this transportation option to two additional communitites in FY
'07. 
These services are constantly used and our students report regularly
that
without these services they would have never been able to accomplish
their
goal of coming to class on a regular basis.  I know that these options
are not
reasonable in some locations, but do believe that a broader acceptance
in our
field of actually removing these barriers for students would greatly
enhance
program access to students who otherwise could not attend classes as
well as
provide an often closed pathway for students who truly need and want
these
services.


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