Mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that the city should sell advertising on city vehicle stickers and garbage trucks and at farmer’s markets and other public venues to raise $25 million for after-school programs for at-risk kids.Emanuel said he would run the after-school program five days a week for the school year, for at least two and a half hours a day.
Like current mayoral first lady Maggie Daley’s After School Matters program, it would offer a mix of academics, arts and athletics.
It would be staffed by a mix of teachers and community-based support staff. Parents who adhere to a parent-teacher contract would get priority spots for their kids.
Emanuel pegged the cost of the program at $95 million a year, with $25 million of the cost to come from the new advertising.
The proposal to put ads on the flip side of city stickers follows a similar by state Rep. Susana Mendoza*, who is running for city clerk.
The system-wide after-school program would begin at the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
Announcing his after-school plans at a news conference on the West Side at the Better Boys Foundation, Emanuel noted that nearly half of Chicago’s 435 murder victims last year were between 10 and 25 years old.
* Read the January 4 press statement, regarding this topic, from Rep Susana Mendoza about Rahm Emaunel's plan.
* Click here to view all the articles about the Rep. Susana Mendoza proposal for ads on city stickers.
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