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Program: Public Education Grants Year: 2004
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Program: Public Education Grants
For Year: 2004
Baltimore ACORN
410-735-3360
16 West 25th Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Mitch Klein Lead Organizer
mdacorn@acorn.org
410-735-3360
http://www.acorn.org/
Size: $70,000
2004
Public Education Grants
The school system in Baltimore is in a crisis, with school budget deficits exceeding $50 million in a single year. Baltimore ACORN, a grassroots organization with a membership of more than 3,000, has been organizing around education issues since January, 1999. This two-year renewal grant of $70,000, $35,000 per year, will enable Baltimore ACORN to work at the local level, developing and implementing a model for community-based school monitoring in collaboration with the National Center for Schools and Communities at Fordham University, at the district level, pushing for a more responsive school board, and at the legislative level, pushing for class size mandates and increased supplemental services
Brighton Park Neighborhood Association
(773) 523-7110
4477 S. Archer Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60632
info@bpnc-chicago.org
(773) 523-7110
http://www.bpnc-chicago.org
Size: $35,000
2004
Public Education Grants
Established by community residents in 1997, the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to developing grassroots leadership to address community issues. Critical among these are school overcrowding and underperformance. The enrollment in neighborhood schools has increased by 383% since 1989 and more than 70% of the students perform below the national average in reading and math. With a track record of effective organizing, BPNC has developed relationships with local schools and the Chicago Public School System, bringing much needed resources into the neighborhood including $45 million in new schools and facility improvements and, with allies around the city, moving district-wide policy improvements for school security, school lunch and increases in funds for after school programming. With a renewal grant of $35,000, BPNC will continue to organize for school facilities improvements and increased access for Spanish speaking and bilingual students and families.
BRIGHTON PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
773-523-7110
4477 S. Archer Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60632
Alex Poeter Director
info@bpnc-chicago.org
773-523-7110
http://www.bpnc-chicago.org
Size: $35,000
2004
Public Education Grants
Established by community residents in 1997, the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council (BPNC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to developing grassroots leadership to address community issues. Critical among these are school overcrowding and underperformance. The enrollment in neighborhood schools has increased by 383% since 1989 and more than 70% of the students perform below the national average in reading and math. With a track record of effective organizing, BPNC has developed relationships with local schools and the Chicago Public School System, bringing much needed resources into the neighborhood including $45 million in new schools and facility improvements and, with allies around the city, moving district-wide policy improvements for school security, school lunch and increases in funds for after school programming. With a renewal grant of $35,000, BPNC will continue to organize for school facilities improvements and increased access for Spanish speaking and bilingual students and families.
