Getting Started with Extended Service Schools (ESS)

How can schools start and operate programs that offer services for children and families during non-school hours?

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November 2000, 16 pages

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The Wallace Foundation

Extended-service schools go beyond the traditional academic day to provide services for children, families and community members during non-school hours. This report, based on Wallace’s Extended-Service Schools initiative, reviews practical issues such as planning, staffing, space and maintenance in creating safe and productive enrichment programs in schools outside of the school day.

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Multiple Choices After School: Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Findings-From-the-Extended-Service-Schools-Initiative.aspx	Multiple Choices After School: Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative	View the analysis of 60 Wallace-supported extended-service schools which offer learning and enrichment opportunities to children outside the school day.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="Multiple Choices After School: Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative " src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Findings-From-the-Extended-Service-Schools-Initiatives-B.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Findings-From-the-Extended-Service-Schools-Initiative-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Extended Service Schools: Putting Programming in Place	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Extended-Service-Schools-Putting-Programming-in-Place.aspx	Extended Service Schools: Putting Programming in Place	Read the report on extended-service schools that showed promise in engaging children and teens in constructive social and academic activities.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="Extended Service Schools Putting Programming in Place: Wallace Foundation Report" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Extended-Service-Schools-Putting-Programming-in-Place-b.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="Extended Service Schools Putting Programming in Place: Wallace Foundation Report" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/Extended-Service-Schools-Putting-Programming-in-Place-a.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />
Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs (Volumes I, II and III)	https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/Pages/Hours-of-Opportunity-Volumes-I-II-III.aspx	Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer, and Other Out-of-School-Time Programs (Volumes I, II and III)	Read a report that finds both promise and challenges in a citywide approach to improving the quality and availability of after-school programs.	54092405-3ed7-43af-891b-ab77fa4f2517	Report	<img alt="Hours of Opportunity: Lessons from Five Cities on Building Systems to Improve After-School, Summer, and Other Out-of-School-Tim" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/hours-of-opportunity-volumes-I-B.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> <img alt="" src="/knowledge-center/PublishingImages/hours-of-opportunity-volumes-I-A.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" />

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