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Joy Dryfoos, 86; championed full-service community schools

By Gloria Negri

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 02, 2012

Joy Dryfoos envisioned a school experience in which children would study more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. They also would learn to maintain good physical and mental health, and they would take part in school activities with their parents and families. That meant collaborating with universities, social service agencies, and health professionals. “The bottom line is, schools cannot do it alone,’’ she wrote in 2006. “We cannot expect schools to solve all the problems of families in crisis-ridden cities.’’

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