The 21st CCLC Program is a key component of President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. It is an opportunity for students and their families to continue to learn new skills and discover new

abilities after the school day has ended.

The focus of this program is to provide expanded academic enrichment opportunities for children attending low performing schools. Tutorial services and academic enrichment activities are

designed to help students meet local and state academic standards in subjects such as reading and math. In addition, 21st CCLC programs provide youth development activities, technology

 education programs, art, music and recreation programs, counseling and character education to enhance the academic component of the program.

The Texas 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC) grant program is authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended

by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). The program focuses on helping children in high-need schools succeed academically through the use of scientifically based practice and

extended learning time.

PROJECT CLUE

College Learners Unlock Equity (PROJECT CLUE ) is a collaborative community partnerships between the Robstown Independent School District (RISD),

The University of Texas A &M at Kingsville (TAMUK) of Texas A &M at Corpus Christi and Del Mar Community College (DCC) along with numerous local

and county partners to overcome educational and workforce deficiencies through an innovative after school design that engages entire families in improving

educational attainment for a better quality of life in order to help equalize the playing field.  

Joe Cottons, Robstown’s famous restaurant and a landmark on Business 77, in collaboration with top level RISD district administrators, hosted the foundational

 meeting on Friday, October 10, 2003 with over 1,000 community surveys and over 500 supporting signatures and letters in hand, the restaurant hosted the strategic

community meeting to establish a much needed community driven after school program.  The city of Robstown incorporated in 1912 with a rural population under

20,000 is located in Nueces County on the coast of South Texas and has traditionally been a packing and shipping center for a black-land region that produces cotton,

grain, and oil. There are oil refining and related industries but mostly manual agricultural trades and jobs as their cotton picker mascot indicates. Robstown lies in the

 Coastal Bend area, 16 miles west of Corpus Christi with a 98% Hispanic Population.