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>My comments follow article: > >MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA > >Community leader award a springboard for Framingham's >Hoops and Homework > >Herb Chasan of Hoops and Homework. Daily News Staff >Photo/Art Illman >By Brittney McNamara/Daily News Staff >Posted Nov 4, 2015 at 8:26 PM > >FRAMINGHAM – Herb Chasan has won awards before, and >the one he is set to receive on Friday is no >different. For Chasan, the trophies aren’t personal >accolades, but springboards toward something bigger. > >On Friday, the Massachusetts Association of School >Committees will award Chasan, Framingham's Hoops and >Homework founder, the Community Leader for Public >Education Award. The recognition, Chasan said, won’t >go on a shelf. Instead, he will put it to work. > >School Committee chairwoman Beverly Hugo said Chasan >was chosen for the award for his “profound effect” on >the community through both his advocacy for school >funding and his after school program for at-risk kids. >Chasan, Hugo said, works in kids' communities on >Beaver and Waverly streets, giving them opportunities >they may not have had without his program. > >“He works with a population of families of low >socio-economic needs who continue to be >underrepresented in town meeting and in society,” Hugo >said. “He tries to be their voice. He tries to be the >voice of their children.” > >Chasan isn't thinking about what the award means to >him personally, he's thinking about how it helps the >program. > >“It’s going to help with sustainability of the >program,” Chasan said. “I’m focused on making this >thing run for the foreseeable future, and this should >help.” > >In September, Chasan won the Framingham Youth Football >Heroes Among Us award. Coupled with the one he will >get Friday, Chasan said the accolades will lend him >credibility when looking for sponsors, grants and >partners for the program. > >Chasan said he sees the award as a jumping point to >the future. He hopes to get a full basketball court at >one of the Hoops and Homework sites; currently there >is only one hoop at one of the two locations. Along >with the hoops, Chasan said he also plans to bolster >the homework side of the operation. > >Currently, Chasan said he’s heard feedback from school >administrators that the program is improving academics >for the 60 kids who attend the program. Chasan said he >hopes he can get more information on how the children >are performing in school. With that information, he >hopes to find their weak spots and give them directed >studies to bring them up to speed. > >Previous page Next page > Share Comment > > >COMMENT > >Joe Rizoli >1 Comment > >Oh really? A recent post to the listserve FRAMGOV had >a complaint against Mr Chassan. Interesting how this >award goes after that complaint. > ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/framgov/mess >ages/topic/7LpdciHfOjEG8D9dSJUO2A/">http://forums.e-dem >ocracy.org/groups/framgov/messages/topic/7LpdciHfOjEG8D >9dSJUO2A/</a>

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