Camden schools says it has a solution to help solve a longstanding problem – truancy among high school students.
Thanks to a new $250,000 program, 50 additional students will train and work at Hopeworks, a nonprofit based in downtown Camden that provides online services for companies nationwide. Students learn to write code, design websites and facilitate data entry in a space that also provides food, clothing and assistance to find housing.
“The traditional learning environment is not the best for everyone. It’s not what everyone wants,” said Brian Gregg, senior director of School Climate and Student Engagement in the Camden City School District. “Especially coming out of COVID, having to be creative in how we engage our students. And so this program is just another opportunity to meet our students where they are, and to give them the skills that they’re looking for to have a pathway beyond school.”
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