Inside a Queens elementary school, teachers and staff have converted a recreation area into the 'Cubs Boutique” — a free store where parents and kids can find everything from clothing and food, to household items.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Inside a Queens elementary school, teachers and staff have converted a recreation area into the "Cubs Boutique” — a free store where parents and kids can find everything from clothing and food, to household items.in Corona, which saw a dramatic influx in the number of students living in temporary housing this school year, largely driven by the arrival of families seeking asylum in the United States.
Just within this academic year, the school enrolled nearly 100 new students who were living in temporary housing, more than any other school in the city, according to data, an interagency effort to connect children of asylum seekers to public schools. They’d been addressing little emergencies like these with a piecemeal approach, but by late September, they had another idea: to create a store where "parents have dignity and feel really proud to come in and select items,” Lucas said.Teachers and staff man the store after school and during their free periods, sorting through donated goods.
The boutique is just one way teachers and staff aim to meet the needs of the community. They also keep the school open for four hours on Saturdays for a special literacy program and offer classes to parents on mindfulness, yoga and how to better help their kids with work they might take home.
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