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<br />ON THE MOVE: FSA hits ground <br />running, preps kindergartners <br />Jul. 29, 2015 @ 05:38 PM <br />Katie Jansen <br /> <br />Sue Anne Decker reads during a Family Success Alliance summer program at New Hope Elementary School on Tuesday, <br />July 28, 2015.The Herald-Sun | John Joyner <br /> <br />Luis Rios, right, works with Gisel Nunez on an English exercise during a Family Success Alliance summer program at New <br />Hope Elementary School on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.The Herald -Sun | John Joyner <br />CHAPEL HILL — <br />A handful of small children sat in a classroom at New Hope Elementary Tuesday, playing with blocks and <br />answering questions about the blocks’ colors and shapes. <br />They had been in school for a week and a day as part of a new four-week kindergarten readiness <br />program launched by the Family Success Alliance. <br />The program provides extra academic and social support for students about to enter kindergarten and <br />helps bridge the gap between staying at home and sitting in a classroom fulltime. <br />The kindergarten readiness program is one of two programs recently launche d by the Family Success <br />Alliance, a new initiative launched in two pilot zones in Orange County geared toward providing support <br />for underserved children and families.