Rallying to save PS 102s HeartShare afterschool program
Parents, students and teachers filled up P.S. 102s schoolyard on May 11, rallying to save its afterschool program, operated by HeartShare Human Services.
The program services about 250 students a day and has a long waiting list for summer camp. It is on the laundry list of child services being cut in the mayors budget, along with the Beacon Center at I.S. 259, and other Out-of-School Time (OST) programs at P.S. 229, P.S. 186, and P.S 200.
Parent coordinator Margaret Sheri recalled how much the OST program helped her when she was a single mom, new to the neighborhood.