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Yahoo! Mail - w_rasmussen~yahoo.com Page 4 of 5 <br /> <br /> > c) Hearst School has a Gym {the multipurpose center) which is now <br />used <br />> as a profit center for the City of Pleasanton's Park & Recreation <br /> > Department, and when it is not used as a profit center, it is locked <br /> to <br /> > the children (the public). <br />> <br /> > d) Hearst School Gymnasium (multipurpose center) is off-limits to <br /> Dads, <br /> > Moms and kids after school hours. Children accompanied by parents <br /> > cannot use the facility, and are told that they cannot play with <br /> > members of the Kids Club (their classmates) because they "pay good <br /> > money" to be in the after school "club". <br />> <br /> > e) Hearst School has effectively privatized its playground after <br /> school <br /> > for the lucky few members of the "Kids Club" whose parents pay <br /> > $400/month+. <br />> <br /> > f) Hearst School students (children) feel unwelcome in the afternoon <br /> > on their own campus after hours, because of the privatization of the <br /> > public school. {The children silently and sadly accept this fact of <br /> > their lives.) <br /> > <br /> > g) The leadership of the school and community park and recreation <br /> > cannot or do not want to speak up about this sad fact, or make a <br /> > change. <br /> > <br /> > Question: If children from the neighborhoods surrounding the Bernal <br /> > property don't have a place to congregate for self-organized <br /> > activities, like a school playground, what can an interested parent <br /> > (Mom or Dad) do? Volunteer. <br /> > <br /> > Fact 2: Volunteering to offer facilitated play for the neighborhood <br /> > children is not possible at Hearst School. <br /> > <br /> > Options for a parent: <br /> > a) One must pay the City of Pleasanton for after school care. (If <br /> the <br /> > parent is available after school, why pay?) <br /> > <br /> > b) One must pay $400 per month per child for Kids Club (If the parent <br /> > is available after school, why pay?) <br /> > <br /> > c) One can try (in vain) to become someone who has access to the <br /> > facility by offering a "course" through the adult education, offered <br /> at <br /> > the school, but this is a money-making venture for the school which <br /> > requires charging fees. <br /> > <br /> > Summary: There appears to be no possibility for parents to facilitate <br /> > play for children at their local elementary school. <br /> > <br /> > Result: In the neighborhoods surrounding the Bernal Property, the <br /> > children are left by the PUSD leadership and City of Pleasanton Parks <br /> > and Community Services to play in the streets. The longer the Bernal <br /> > property is discussed, the older the young children become and the <br /> more <br /> > they suffer for the lack of leadership. <br /> > <br /> <br />http://us.f511 .mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&Msgld=7616_84576240_7917... 4/13/2005 <br /> <br /> <br />