Lets Read, Seminole! is a summer reading program that Orlando Public Schools got behind this summer. The Orlando Schools took a bus, painted it red, ripped the seats out and installed book shelves. The bus was then crammed with books for kids ages 5 to 18. Orlando Schools students can keep the books they take off the bus, or they can bring them back and get more. What an awesome program!
When I look back at summer vacations, I find that I was mostly bored. My best friends parents always took her to New York for the summer, and all I had to look forward to was a 3-week trip to my grandparents houses in Ohio. While I did have fun visiting them, most of the summer was quite boring, and lonely, to tell you the truth.
Orlando Schools Brings the Books to the Students
The big red bus intended to serve Orlando Schools students in the summer wouldve done me a world of good as a child. While Ive always been an avid reader, meeting the bus would have given me something to look forward to. A lot of latch-key kids are pretty starved at times for contact with other kids. When parents of children in the Orlando Schools work or cant be available a lot of children are left...