Helping children of migrant workers access educational opportunities is the goal of a program being offered in North Judson this summer. SEEDS Early Learning, a preschool housed in the former North Judson-San Pierre Middle School, plans to offer a five-week class through the federal Migrant Education Program, according to N.J.-S.P. Superintendent Dr. Annette Zupin.
“So it helps them overcome educational disruption, culture and language barriers, and social isolation,” Zupin explained during a recent school board meeting. “While their parents are on the farm in the summer, the program allows them to have school and programs for them.”
The program is expected to bring in more than 20 children spread throughout a 50-to-60-mile radius, and Zupin recommended that North Judson-San Pierre provide the transportation. “Right now, transportation for those students over in Jasper, Newton, and our neck of the woods is coming from the Fort Wayne area,” she said, “so this would be a great service to the program.”
The school board authorized officials to hire three bus drivers and three aides to take the students to and from North Judson each day.
