Hitting the books, and the Nordic track

By Ross Leonhart

VAIL — Staying after school doesn’t sound fun, unless you’re part of Youth Power 365’s Pwr Hrs program at local schools.At Red Sandstone Elementary School, 33 second- through fifth-graders are part of the academic enrichment program in its first year at the school. Students stay after school a few days a week and further their literary, math and other skills. That’s the academic part.“If we’re going to have kids stay after school to build academics, we need to throw in an enrichment component,” said Laurine Megna-Davis, reading and library specialist at Red Sandstone.That’s where the Vail Recreation District and Ski …

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