June 2, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Columbus Crew SC News Release
COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew today announced in a commitment to improving the quality of education for students in Ohio, the Crew has partnered with the Cleveland Browns Foundation to join the successful “Stay in the Game! Keep Learning, Every Day” Network.
By making investments that ensure kids are engaged and present every day so they can succeed, the “Stay in the Game! Keep Learning, Every Day” Network serves as a statewide initiative designed to promote the importance of school attendance and put an end to chronic absenteeism. The network engages local school districts and promotes quality education by using attendance data and feedback from families to build a school-going culture, uncover and reduce common barriers to attendance and support engagement opportunities for students to thrive.
“We are excited to fully engage our team and supporters as we work locally to build off the success of ‘Stay in the Game’ with expansion in Columbus this fall,” said Columbus Crew President of Business of Operations Kristin Bernert. “We feel that we can be additive to the efforts of everyone who is devoted to education throughout the state, all working as a team. We aim to improve the resources for staff and students that are needed to provide much needed educational advancement opportunities. We know this is paramount to our youth’s and community’s future success, and we look forward to the impact ‘Stay in the Game’ can have on increasing school attendance and ending chronic absenteeism here in Central Ohio.”
The Crew, “Stay in the Game” Network and Columbus City Schools are currently working together to develop an activation plan to ultimately onboard the district, with additional details to follow ahead of students heading back to school. With the addition of Columbus City Schools – Ohio’s largest school district with nearly 47,000 students – the “Stay in the Game!” Network will expand to 17…
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