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This is like a government program to offer free health club memberships to fat people.

The people who want it don't need it, and the people who need it don't want it.

LOL...actually, I think the intent makes sense: give the kids who can not afford to pay a tutor the tutoring services anyway.

But, here's another problem I discovered: it's hard to mail information to parents, and students don't always give information sent home to their parents. School "clerk/typsts" have said their job is not to do a mass mailing to parents. Plus, postage costs money. So, no notices get mailed en masse.

Maybe there needs to be free mailing, lcoations outside schools like churches, and better communications with teachers about this program, because teachers are the ones who may best be able to get their students to attend these programs.

The problem seems to be mostly at the district and school level on this issue.

Ninoska Valverde, 13, who goes to a junior high school in Brooklyn that is classified as failing, said she did not know about the free tutoring program. "I'm interested in anything that would help me," she said.