Submitted by: Jimmy McClellan
Submitting Department: Legislative
Agenda Section: Discussion
Item Title:
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FY23 Budget Initiative: Hyattsville Learning Lab
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Suggested Action:
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I move that the City of Hyattsville include $3,000 in its FY23 legislative budget in support of the Hyattsville Learning Lab educational summer programming.
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Summary Background:
Purpose of the Hyattsville Learning Lab:
The City of Hyattsville has access to many resources that allow it to serve as a 'learning lab' for school age children in the City. The Hyattsville Learning Lab (HLL) will allow students to continue learning outside of the classroom during summer vacation. Organized by the Educational Advisory Committee (EAC), HLL will bring children in the community together to learn about science, technology, and social studies through departments and spaces in and around the City through a multi-day summer learning experience.
During Spring 2022, the EAC will meet to finalize the educational content and curriculum for HLL. The content may include science components that allow students to explore the topics of sustainability and conservation at Driskell Community Park, technology components that allow students to meet with City Staff for an afternoon to talk discover how new technologies allow us to design state-of-the-art buildings for housing and businesses, and social science components where students are able to participate in a Mock City Council meeting on the council dais. These are some examples of how our city will be able to serve as a lab for learning for our youngest generation of residents.
Issue to be addressed:
Over the course of the pandemic, students have had to miss out on the opportunity to engage in in-person learning multiple times and for long stretches of time in some cases. While it may be impossible to get back that lost time, the HLL will allow students to use their hometowns as a means by which to learn about the world arou...
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