School volunteers in jeopardy

BRIDGEPORT — One full room at the district’s School Volunteer Association office on Boston Avenue is lined with thousands of donated new chapter and picture books waiting to be escorted into classrooms by a mentor or book buddy. Across the hall, the Association’s executive board was huddled this week, not to plot book distribution or the upcoming school year, but the 51-year-old organization’s survival. The non-profit’s two-member staff — funded by the district — is on the chopping block. The cut amounts to $161,525. The collateral damage, however, could be nearly 1,000 volunteers who annually lend a hand in city classrooms as well as 100 or more partnerships brokered by the Association between businesses and the district.

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