In Los Molinos , the owners of SuBire ( www.SuBire.mx ) a private school (k- 12)
with some 1600 students have
built a new school in a lower income neighborhood, northwest of Guadalajara,
Mexico. CUM will open this Fall .
In Los Molinos there are some 6700 houses with 3- 4 individuals per household. Each family will pay , the modest sum, of
$80 dollars per month per child attending .
In partnership with FWOP ( www.fwop.org)
and the University of North
Texas (www.unt.edu
) , the owners of the new school have two important goals- “ it takes a village
to raise a child “ - : 1, provide each student with a first-class education ,
and 2, assist families to create a healthy neighborhood. An initial survey in August will attempt to
secure parent involvement and begin to create a plan for moving forward with
programming in partnership with the families . Poverty prevention and reduction
are two long term goals in Los Molinos.
On June 3rd, I had the privilege as faculty from
UNT and Board Member from FWOP to attend the auguration ceremeny of the school
. I spoke the 500 or more parents and
children in the audience and told them
they were part of a movement to build healthy neighborhoods and communities
across the globe.
By Fall some 450 students will be enrolled.
In a year or so, they will add a 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
The picture above shows some of the initial students who will to attend this fall with their parents. There
are no local schools nearby.
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