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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — There are 19 rec centers in San Francisco providing programs to kids from kindergarten to high school during the strike.
That includes around 500 kids who are already enrolled and an additional 450 kids from after-school programs, according to Tamara Barak Aparton with the San Francisco Recreation & Parks. She says rec programs aren’t overwhelmed yet, but they are not accepting new enrollments because they’ve run out of space.
“From the beginning of the strike, we have been taking it day by day,” said Aparton. “At the end of the day, every day we evaluate where we are, and luckily, we have been able to provide some continuity of care just like we did during the pandemic.”
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More kids during the day means more times of day to provide meals. The San Francisco Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (DCYF) has been sending breakfast and lunch options to rec centers during the strike.
“We normally take care of kids after school, that’s what rec centers and their programs do,” said Aparton. “Now we are taking care of them throughout the day, so parents drop them off in the morning at the same time they would drop them off for school, and they stay until the evening since it’s also an after-school program.”
One parent told KRON 4 that they went to the Betty Ann Ong Rec Center in Chinatown to try to enroll their son in day programs because they’ve been taking him to work during the strike.
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