According to wtop.com, "But the usual job sites that students in the school’s Work Awareness and Transition program would be placed into had been shut down because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That’s when Cousins got the idea to help students get hands-on work experience close to home. A courtyard space on the school’s campus had become overgrown with weeds and was in need of some serious TLC."
As per wtop.com, "Cousins said she hopes the makeshift work experience turns into a continuous job site for students in the program. She sees opportunities for the landscaping crew to expand to other sites on campus, and in the future branch out to do gardening work in the community. For now, she’s looking forward to checking out the garden’s progress when school starts up again. “We’re going to begin again in the fall and see what has grown in the garden,” she said."
In February, work placement opportunities for special education students at West Springfield High School in Fairfax, Virginia, seemed to be all dried up. They had just returned to in-person learning from a long stretch of virtual lessons. During a typical year, the school’s employment and transition representative Rebecca Cousins would have helped the students find jobs in the community, where they could get hands-on experience and learn work skills.
According to wtop.com, "But the usual job sites that students in the school’s Work Awareness and Transition program would be placed into had been shut down because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That’s when Cousins got the idea to help students get hands-on work experience close to home. A courtyard space on the school’s campus had become overgrown with weeds and was in need of some serious TLC."
As per wtop.com, "Cousins said she hopes the makeshift work experience turns into a continuous job site for students in the program. She sees opportunities for the landscaping crew to expand to other sites on campus, and in the future branch out to do gardening work in the community. For now, she’s looking forward to checking out the garden’s progress when school starts up again. “We’re going to begin again in the fall and see what has grown in the garden,” she said."
According to wtop.com, "But the usual job sites that students in the school’s Work Awareness and Transition program would be placed into had been shut down because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That’s when Cousins got the idea to help students get hands-on work experience close to home. A courtyard space on the school’s campus had become overgrown with weeds and was in need of some serious TLC."
As per wtop.com, "Cousins said she hopes the makeshift work experience turns into a continuous job site for students in the program. She sees opportunities for the landscaping crew to expand to other sites on campus, and in the future branch out to do gardening work in the community. For now, she’s looking forward to checking out the garden’s progress when school starts up again. “We’re going to begin again in the fall and see what has grown in the garden,” she said."
