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An elementary school at which Family Friendly School policies are established shall collaborate with community partners to develop high-quality, culturally relevant, linguistically accessible, developmentally appropriate academic, athletic, extracurricular, enrichment, or community-based learning opportunities, for students from at least 8 am to 6 pm (or different hours if determined appropriate due to the needs of the community) Monday through Friday during the school year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That\u2019s the key paragraph in the text<\/a> of the Family Friendly Schools Act as introduced by Sen. Kamala Harris<\/a>, which intends to remedy the problems that poor families have in caring for their children after the school day ends, in the case of single parents or two-earner families, where there is no budget for formal aftercare or neighborhood babysitters, and no family members or neighbors to look after kids too young to take care of themselves after school.\u00a0 The bill is a grant\/pilot-type program intended to be scaled afterwards.<\/p>\n
Now, I voiced on twitter my skepticism of the program and the notion of a 10 hour school day, and, since this was in the form of a reply to someone with a large twitter following, I got replies from strangers along these lines:<\/p>\n
\nDid you read the BILL?Attendance isn\u2019t mandatory. It\u2019s not an extension of the academic day. The enrichment offerings will be things the community chooses as appropriate for their kids,run by local nonprofits \u2013 stuff well-off kids already get after school. https:\/\/t.co\/WzSzE8fynG<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 (((anti-antisemite)))4KamalaHarris4POTUS (@Tristanshouts) November 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n