{"id":1620,"date":"2020-01-27T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2020-01-29T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T15:17:01","slug":"school-for-asylum-seekers-by-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/27\/school-for-asylum-seekers-by-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"School for Asylum Seekers, by Asylum Seekers."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-1140x760.png 1140w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-570x380.png 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-380x254.png 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM-285x190.png 285w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-27-at-2.24.18-PM.png 1310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo, Sidewalk School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sidewalk-School_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last August, The Sidewalk School, a non-profit organization began classes for children asylum seekers taught by qualified adult asylum seekers. Sidewalk School Director and American-certified teacher Felicia Rangel Samponaro, explains why she created the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>There is nothing for the children or the adults to do out there, it\u2019s nothing. Some of the parents started asking about school, a few of the kids started asking about school, and I decided \u2018why not try to start a school out there.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The school meets in the encampment located on the Mexico side of the Brownsville- Matamoros Border. Six asylum seekers teach to a total of 65 students, three times a week, one subject a day.&nbsp;Creator and director of the school says that she wishes to teach five times a week, because of low-funding they are limited to three times a week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We would love to go five days a week, but we can\u2019t.&nbsp;&nbsp;Because we don\u2019t have the money for it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>UTRGV Spanish Senior, Lizette Garcia says that she believes The Sidewalk School is a good opportunity for asylum seeking children to have an education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u2019s really good that they have that program to give children that opportunity, you know like any other child ere in the valley, to have an education. I feel like that\u2019s very crucial to have as a child.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Rangel Samponaro tells Vaquero News that The Sidewalk School only gives students healthy food in order to keep their teeth, body and minds healthy. To learn how to donate to The Sidewalk School visit their website www.sidewalkschool.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reporter Samantha Garza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last August, The Sidewalk School, a non-profit organization began classes for children asylum seekers taught by qualified adult<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>School for Asylum Seekers, by Asylum Seekers. - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/27\/school-for-asylum-seekers-by-asylum-seekers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School for Asylum Seekers, by Asylum Seekers. - 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