School Age Children

Youth and Community Culture (7 Responses)

• Bring youth together
• Stop looking down on children
• Connect students with adults and senior citizens
• Have senior citizens teach kids some “old-fashioned” things like knitting
• Involve students more in addressing their own needs
• Keep friendly link between students and citizens to nurture respectful students and supportive citizens

At-Risk Behavior (4 Responses)

• Arrange for kids to hear victims’ stories in school
• Deal with problems related to children having lots of time and money
• Diminish drugs, unplanned pregnancies and alcohol
• Grow out restorative justice Youth Justice Initiative into school and community
• Increase at-risk programming at upper elementary and junior high

Needs (3 Responses)

• Expand KIDS WEST to make room for more kids
• Identify kids who don’t “fit into the box”
• Create more linkage between early childhood initiatives and school-age programming