Fort Worth ISD student Amelia Garcia readily admits her favorite part of school is recess, but her mom knows the truth: She thrives on math.
Tiffany Garcia gives credit for her daughter’s mastery to the hands-on learning the elementary student received for the past four years at Riverside Applied Learning Center, a school of choice that admitted students by applications.
But now the commitment to the program that allowed Amelia to flourish is in question after Riverside Applied Learning Center was closed and merged into Bonnie Brae Elementary…