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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Student at Urban Dove Team Charter School
5:53:51
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78 sec
A 17-year-old student at Urban Dove Team Charter School in Brooklyn, testifies about the need for Learn to Work program funding for Urban Dove schools. He explains how the school has helped him get back on track academically and asks the council to provide interim funding until the DOE includes Urban Dove schools in the next round of Learn to Work.
- He is on track to graduate and hopes to study business and finance in college
- Over a thousand students like him attend Urban Dove schools throughout the city
- The Learn to Work program provides crucial supports like counseling, internships, and attendance support
High School Student
5:53:51
Good afternoon.
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My name is Kyle Moat.
5:53:54
I am 17 years old and I attend Urban Dove Team Charter School in Brooklyn.
5:53:58
Like my fellow UD students who spoke just now, I came to UD after struggling at Benjamin Abeniker High School.
5:54:05
I am finishing my second year at Urban Dove and I love the school.
5:54:09
I am on track to graduate and hope to go to college to obtain my degree in business and finance when I graduate next year.
5:54:16
We have been told that the DOE has promised us has promised us to include Urban Dove schools in the next round of learn to work, which we were happy to hear.
5:54:25
The bad news is that the next round is still another year away, so what happens next year?
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There are over a thousand students like me attending Urban Dove schools throughout the city.
5:54:34
The supports Learn to Work provides counseling, internships, and attendance support which have all been proven to work.
5:54:41
We need those things too.
5:54:43
We are asking the council to please step in and provide the funds that should be Wait.
5:54:50
Sorry.
5:54:51
We are asking the council to please step in and provide the funds that should come from Learn to Work.
5:54:56
We hope it will only be for next year, and then the DOE will honor its promise to include us in Learn to Work, but next year we need your help so that we can get all the extra support that is so important for us to be successful.
5:55:08
Thank you for having me.