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=**Area of Focus**=

**Contextual factors**

 * Students spend time out of classroom, particularly after lunch recess, due to unfinished business; issues that emerge out of school or during recess that they are unable to handle or bring to closure prior to next period.
 * Middle School is a difficult transition for many students.

**Variables**

 * **future aspirations**
 * **perceptions of school as a safe environment**
 * **parental support**
 * academic performance
 * parent monitoring
 * interest in school
 * living situations
 * peer committment to program
 * administrative support
 * staff buy in to program
 * student buy in to program
 * resources (including people, room availability, and training material)