Is 'The center had become a hodgepodge of unconnected programs--a day-care center, a library, a nonviolence training school.' a logical precursor to the hypothesis 'The programs at the center were not connected to each other.'
The center had become a hodgepodge of unconnected programs--a day-care center, a library, a nonviolence training school.###The programs at the center were not connected to each other.