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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District for the operation of the 21st Century Long Beach Winners Reaching Amazing Potential after school enrichment program at Los Cerritos Elementary School; authorize the required 15 percent General Fund in-kind match; and authorize City Manager to execute any future documents, including amendments, necessary to accept, implement, and administer the agreement. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
The 21st Century Long Beach Winners Reaching Amazing Potential (WRAP) after school enrichment program is a collaboration between the City of Long Beach and the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), funded by the State of California Department of Education through the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center and a required 15 percent in-kind match. The purpose of the program is to provide before and after school programs to disadvantaged K-12 students. The students receive academic enrichment opportunities and support services that help them meet State and local standards in core academic requirements. LBUSD has allocated $106,813 of its WRAP grant funding to the City of Long Beach for a program at Los Cerritos Elementary School. Participants are provided with a wide range of services and programs designed to support their academic, physical, social, and emotional development.
Eight other school sites operate under the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program. Those schools are Burbank, Edison, Garfield, Grant, King, Lafayette, and Lee Elementary and Hudson K-8.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Gary J. Anderson on June 4, 2009, and Budget and Performance Management Bureau Manager David Wodynski on June 5,2009.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on June 23, 2009, in order to enter into an agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District.
FISCAL IMPACT
The WRAP grant funding will offset the City's costs, e...
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