Bay Ridge’s P.S. 102 boasts high number of male volunteers
Learning Leaders group says dads tutor kids, coach sports, join P.T.A.
Fathers are becoming more and more involved in the education of their children, according to a nonprofit group that works to get families and community leaders to take an active interest in New York City public schools.
Learning Leaders, the group that runs volunteer programs in more than 200 schools in New York, said P.S. 102 in Bay Ridge is an example of the growing trend of dads becoming an important presence in their kids’ schools.
P.S. 102, at 211 72nd St., boasts one of the highest numbers of male volunteers in the Learning Leaders program, according to the group.
Nine out of 68 Learning Leaders volunteers at P.S. 102 are men — more than 13 percent. Citywide, between 7 and 8 percent of the group’s volunteers in schools are men at any given time.