Porter Elementary School students are learning new tricks and having fun with their friends but one group of students in San Diego's Lincoln Park neighborhood…
The nearest skate park for skate club students at Porter Elementary is over 2 miles away, which is almost an hour's walk if they can't find a ride
"My teacher said that she's going to like make a club and I was like, oh, maybe I should sign up. Something I could do outside, because my mom's been complaining that I've been on my phone too much," said Genesis, a Porter Elementary student.Taking what the kids learn to a skate park is a big step in their learning progression, especially during the summer when there is no school skate club.
"There's a piece of land across the street from our school that would be perfect for a little skate park or a skate plaza," she said. "The process to get a skate park can vary in timelines," said skate park designer, Kanten Russell."Some projects we work on can be expedited and get work through with a lot of community input and support, but a lot of other projects do take a lot of time and I think I just encourage everyone who's advocating for a skate park to just realize that you just have to have patience," Russell said.
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