After-school opportunities should be geared to all members of the community. Communication regarding events, schedules, and activities are posted and shared with the local school community, cable television, and online. Can we do more? Absolutely!! Communication and how people receive the information is expanding though EDTECH and phone announcements. As a school committee member, I believe that students who are identified and willing should have plenty of opportunities to participate in everything that the school and community is offering. I am sure both parent and child would want more hours in the day for events that they can experience together. What you find is that all children and parents have a busy schedule. Teens programs in Medford are limited though. Everything has a cost associated with it. Intramural sports or activities that are geared towards events that interest teens should be reviewed and designed. Computers games, technology, arts and sports should be polled to teens to determine what teens are looking for or what would they like to see. The community needs to take leads from our younger generation so that this community can begin to move forward.
