A heavy cloud settled over Madera Unified School District on Friday when Superintendent Gustavo Balderas received news that the California Department of Education had denied the district’s application for a grant of more than $1 million to run its after-school programs.
However, the situation may not be as dire as was thought initially. According to Chuck Nichols, administrator of the state’s after-school programs, his department made a mistake in interpreting data from two Madera Schools. Nichols affirmed that in the case of those two schools, which remain unnamed, after-school grants are indeed possible.
Nichols told The Madera Tribune that each district application for an after-school grant is conducted on a school-by-school basis, and he was not able to comment on whether the same mistake had been made on the remainder of Madera’s schools.
According to Nichols, Madera Unified has until May 23 to appeal the after-school grant decision...
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Needs to keep Club Yes
the after school program needs to stay here in Madera County School Districts. My daughter is in this program and i have seen over the year she has blossomed. She was a quite person and did not want to particapte with others but the staff at her school did things with her, and now she is doing a lot. She even did the triathon for club yes. She enjoys the time she has with this program. They help her with the homework and gets it done. I can't believe something that works for the kids and keeps them safe you want to stop the program. I am very upset that this program will not be offered the next school year. Madera Unified needs to appeal this after school grant decision.