Word: sylverson
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...Diane Sylverson, coordinator for the arboretum's programs for Boston-area students, says the work that schools do with the arboretum ranges from annual field trips to coordinated year-long programs. In the long-term programs, which the arboretum conducts mainly with local schools, Sylverson and other arboretum staffers visit the classroom and teach about the flora with which students later have contact...
...Sylverson notes that one of the most successful programs last year involved bringing handicapped and special-needs children from Cambridge schools to the arboretum, along with older students. The older students helped the special-needs children with the classification of plants that the students examined. The program was discontinued this year due to a lack of funds...
Much of the financing for the arboretum's special programs comes from the Massachusetts Council for the Arts and Humanities. Sylverson says she is concerned about funding for some programs because the council has been experiencing funding problems in the wake of the state budget crunch...
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