Communities In Schools will work with college students who have left school in a partnership with Palo Alto College aiming to re-enroll them.
Alamo Colleges Chancellor Mike Flores, left, shakes hands with Palo Alto College student Chantz Boyd after the college announced a unique partnership with Communities in Schools on Tuesday.For the first time, Communities In Schools will begin working with college students, forming a partnership with Palo Alto College to help get students who have dropped out to return to school and pursue their education.
At Palo Alto College, many students are the first in their families to pursue higher education, and nationwide the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic shock waves have resulted in aGilbert Becerra, vice president of student success at Palo Alto College, said the partnership idea began a year ago, when the college talked to Communities In Schools about what they were doing with students in K-12 schools and asked how“You really begin to realize that education is key.
Some students who received visits from Palo Alto officials had family members who got sick so they had to work rather than attend school. Some others cited incidents like car accidents that caused them to drop out, resulting in long stretches out of school. Often, asking for help is a hard conversation for students to have, but Garza said the college offers resources for students facing barriers to continuing their education.
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