Not so fast, say State Reps. Tim Hennessey, R-26th Dist., and Tom Quigley, R-146th Dist., when it comes to the potential closing of a community resource. The state lawmakers issued a joint statement Monday, one day after The Mercury reported on the adoption of a resolution by the Pottstown School Board rejecting the closure.
“The Pottstown Y is an integral part of our local community and serves many families who otherwise may not have the recreational and educational opportunities it provides. We know the Pottstown Y struggles financially each year to help the community, but the larger YMCA should help to subsidize our Y as part of its stated social mission,” the state representatives said in their statement, writes Evan Brandt in the Pottstown Mercury.
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The Y “specifically seeks to close the achievement gap for low-income youth to envision and pursue the best possible future,” according to the school district resolution.
The Y receives $296,000 every year through the school district to run its two PEAK classrooms for 40 Pre-K Counts students there.
Freedom Valley CEO Shaun Elliott said he is pleased that Quigley and Hennessey share the YMCA’s value of early education.
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