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Albert Einstein Academy For Letters Arts and Sciences (AEALAS), a non-profit organization, has been providing alternate learning options for students and parents in the Santa Clarita Valley since 2010.
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After last years closure of AEALAS 7-12 academy in Stevensons Ranch, parents and local community members have raised concerns over AEALAS’s K-6 program ability to remain in operation.
AEALAS’s board of overseers wanted to develop a new coalition for informing parents and community members on schools financial and supportive needs to alleviate fears of closure rumors .
Gino Fronti, Parent and Board of Overseers member, met with a team of AEALAS parents and board members to discuss plans to reach parents and local community members in Santa Clarita Valley.
“Today we were getting together to call parents and ask to see if there was anyway they can assist with funding,” said Fronti, “However as we sat down we realized what they really need, is to know what’s going on.”
AEALAS board members gave insight to how parental involvement, helps faculty to succeed in their mission to provide help supplement state funds alternative education to ‘different learners’.
Parents at AEALAS typically give support by either giving a monthly donation, making a one time pledge, or volunteering time and equipment to offset staff and maintenance costs.
Fronti explained with the addition of the Public Outreach Committee, AEALAS board members will be able to better educated parents and community.
“We are going to reach out to not only the parents, we’re going to reach out to important business partners, said Fronti, “ To make sure they understand why the school is around and why we need to keep it around.”
Charter schools receive some of their funding like public schools, however charter schools receive much of it’s financial support and volunteer assistance from parents and community.
Some programs such as STEM, art, music and special educational courses are omitted at public schools usually due to funding or staffing issues.
However at charter schools, aforementioned programming are provided because of parents and volunteers willing to give time and attention to facilitate programming.
With many of the schools programs and is looking to parents and community to support academy’s mission in providing alternate learning options for different learner students in Santa Clarita Valley
Cory Logston, Board of Overseers and parent at AEALAS, explained how the academy has met the needs of her daughter by preparing her for real world situations.
“I love the project based learning, that was my draw actually from the beginning.” said “The fact that they do projects and encourage teamwork it’s like the real world, we’re getting them ready for the real world.”
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The author wrote: – “Some programs such as STEM, art, music and special educational courses are omitted at public schools usually due to funding or staffing issues.” – This is not exactly truthful. A glaring misrepresentation is that special education programs are being omitted from public schools. The facts are that if you have a child that would benefit from special education resources, our public schools in Santa Clarita are the BEST and most appropriate location for most of these these services. Families move TO this valley to qualify for services through our public schools.
With regards to music, SUSD, and NSD in particular, provide music programs throughout the year. Could they be more robust and more frequent? Yes, however these programs do exist. At the Jr. and Sr. High School level most of our Hart District schools provide band programs that provide an excellent experience for their students. STEM programs at the high school level are numerous including an engineering tract using Project Lead the Way, a Nationally recognized program.
The author also wrote – “(programs) are provided because of parents and volunteers willing to give time and attention to facilitate programming.” Parent involvement at our public elementary, jr. and senior high schools is alive and well. To suggest otherwise is to ignore your peers in this valley.