# @vcsheriff on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CLffVuVMurZ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13415701-vcsheriff-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-02-19T23:21:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ventura County Sheriff (@vcsheriff) — https://gondola.cc/vcsheriff

## Caption

The pandemic has presented many challenges, especially for school-aged kids and their families navigating distance learning. Our School Resource Officers (SROs) in Fillmore have recognized these challenges while working with the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clara Valley. The club, which serves Santa Paula, Fillmore & Piru, designed a program using COVID safety procedures that allow 20 children to attend school at their facilities. Students have access to tech-savvy staff, reliable internet, a place to study, and eat lunch each day. They are allowed to stay at the club after the school day ends to study and have a safe place to play outside of their home.
 
SROs, who would normally be assigned to school sites, have assisted the club like it was another campus in the community. When the SROs learned of families who needed the program but could not afford the tuition costs, the officers dedicated themselves to finding a way to ensure families in need could enroll in the program regardless of the cost.
 
Working together with the Fillmore Police Department, Fillmore Citizen’s Patrol, and the Fillmore Explorer’s Post 2958, the SROs secured funding for six children and asked schools in the Fillmore School District to identify students who needed the program the most. The SROs coordinated with the schools to contact and enroll each student into program. The close partnership between the Fillmore Police Department and the community allowed students an opportunity to learn safely and avoid the risk of being left behind in their studies.

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