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City and Pittsburgh Public Schools partner to create afterschool programs in underserved neighborhoods.

Written by Amy Whipple

  • The bill would allow for the City and Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) to form a partnership for out-of-school-time (OST) programming in select schools.
  • City staff will use Pittsburgh Public Schools facilities to offer programming in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods that do not have access to a City-owned Recreation Center or have a robust nonprofit partnership providing similar services.
  • The City already provides OST programming at its 11 Recreation Centers.
  • The partnership program will be piloted at Mifflin PreK-8 (Lincoln Place), Langley K-8 (Sheraden) and Carmalt K-8 (Brookline).
  • Programming will be inclusive of kids K-5th grade.
  • Councilmember Gross and Parks Director Vargas both noted the need for future middle school programming across the city
  • The City and PPS are still working toward the details of what the partnership agreement will look like. There will be no cost to the City.
  • The pilot is slated to launch in October and continue for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year.

Connections to this story

Topics:
Education
Governments:
Pittsburgh City Council
Public meetings:
City Council · July 22, 2025
Sources:
Resolution 2025-2061 — authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement…

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