During their recap of October 12th’s BPS School Committee meeting Ross Wilson of The Shah Foundation describes Higher Ground as “a terrific foundation that really supports families with a multitude of things including housing, childcare, and support for families who are going through hardship. It’s a very highly regarded program in Boston.”
About parent testimony provided at the meeting, Jill Shah added “it sounded like parents really appreciated the support”.
Parents, partners and Higher Ground staff provide testimony in support of an updated Higher Ground and BPS agreement. Highlights include…
This May, Higher Ground’s Brandy Brooks was interviewed and discussed the issue of student chronic absenteeism numbers in Boston. “Often, there is more behind attendance issues than just students not wanting to go to school,” said Brandy Brooks, deputy director of the education- and housing-focused nonprofit Boston’s Higher Ground.
Higher Ground is the backbone organization for a promising collective impact approach to addressing student homelessness called the Family Led Stability Initiative.
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