Franklin Community Center will expand its Project Lift program to include Division Street and Lake Avenue elementary schools.
It is now operating in all six of the Saratoga Springs City School District elementary schools.
Project Lift is a free after-school prevention program operated by Franklin Community Center that offers a safe, caring and structured environment for youth in grades 1-5. Center officials said its approach heightens children’s social and emotional competence, improves decision-making skills, offers lessons on the prevention of tobacco, drugs, alcohol and bullying, boosts self-esteem and helps strengthen the bond between child, family, school and community.