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Little Ivy League °LIL" School Conditional Use Application General Description Program Descriptions: LIL School ("School") is a California non-profit company that provides Chinese culture enrichment programs (Also know as Heritage Schools) to school age children in the Pleasanton and Tri-Valley areas. The School provides school age children (grades K-8) activities, art programs, and structured Chinese cultural activities. The programs are further defined as follows: 1. General Activities: During certain periods of the After School Business Hours, children will be allowed to engage in general activities such as: doing homework, reading, watching TV/Videos, and playing computer games. During this period, children are always supervised by our staff. 2. Structured Art Programs: The School provides children with the opportunity to learn Cultural. Arts by participating in a structured environment where they are taught lessons and given instruction in the basics of art, cultures, and the skills required for various disciplines of art. Staff specifically targets Chinese Arts and Crafts, cultural activities, and dancing lessons. Children will be coached and mentored to improve their skills in these various disciplines. 3. Structured Chinese Culture Activities: The School also provides recreational lessons and activities designed to familiarize the students with Chinese culture and traditions. For example: Chinese drama programs use various Chinese fairy tales not found in American Literature and children's stories are presented to teach younger children what a drama performance involves, introduces public speaking skills, while providing children the opportunity to converse in Chinese. Staff will feature short classes on Chinese culture such as Chinese rural calendar holidays and their stories (e.g. Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival, Moon Festival, etc.), Chinese idioms and their stories, Chinese traditional moral values and moral stories, Chinese History, Chinese painting, Appreciatimi of Chinese painting, and Chinese calligraphy. Transportation and Parking: All of our after school program students are transported by vanpooling (by LIL school vans) to the facility from respective Pleasanton Schools. All drivers are required to have and maintain unblemished driving records. All LIL school vans are insured and covered by conunercial licenses for transporting school age students. Students attending LIL from Hart Middle School will be escorted by a staff member to and from the Middle School to our facility, located across the street. 5/15/2008 3