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Parents and teachers divided over cost and value of canceled camp

Kids wave signs outside Bel Aire Elementary School on May 29 in support of The Mosaic Project, a four-day day camp that brings students from different backgrounds together to promote diversity and peace. (Tyler Callister / The Ark)
Kids wave signs outside Bel Aire Elementary School on May 29 in support of The Mosaic Project, a four-day day camp that brings students from different backgrounds together to promote diversity and peace. (Tyler Callister / The Ark)

Bel Aire Elementary School will not participate in The Mosaic Project this fall, ending a 16-year partnership with the diversity camp program that costs the school district more than $100,000 annually.

 

The decision has divided the school community, with dozens of parents and community members packing a contentious May 29 meeting to debate the four-day camp program for fourth graders.

 

The Mosaic Project gathers students from schools across the Bay Area for what the nonprofit describes as an effort to “bring together students from diverse backgrounds to reduce prejudice and promote peace,” according to a May 4 Reed Union School District newsletter.


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