Helping Suspended Students Get Back on Track

Two police cars sit watching at the 7-11 off Route 7 in the Culmore Neighborhood of Falls Church. On weekday mornings, there are hundreds of hispanic men seeking work as day laborers.

There's talk a machete fight two nights ago.

If you live in this neighoborhood, and your child gets suspended from school, these are his/her surroundings.

Two years ago, the Culmore Support on Suspension program started up with federal grant money. It's goal... to keep kids out of trouble and keep them up to speed with their school work. It worked. Last year, the center served 30 students, only one dropped out of school. The others all went back.

But now, the program could fold. The federal seed money is gone. But the community and program leaders are hoping to raise the $50,000 to keep the program going for another year.

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