The proposed target population for intense and promising efforts are the elementary and junior high school. The focus group saw a particular chance in the after-school programs. These after-school time periods provide an ideal opportunity to institute remedial and advanced training programs. The city or the school system could provide the space and hire experienced and highly qualified teachers for this purpose. These programs have to be community based and community supported.
Countywide programs are too distant.
Community programs can be tailored to the needs of the community and the resources of the community. It seems a worthwhile cause to assign funds for such supplementary education programs, much better than recreational programs that only serve to increase the social distance between the remedial kids and the advanced students. Another focus group stated that a great number of strategies which have proven to be successful crime fighting strategies are social measures to take care of the needy in the community. Another measure was presented as successful nation wide. Such vigorous police efforts for hot spots were a request of several focus groups.