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Student-run school committee approves language, security and staffing measures
Summary
At a Student Government Day meeting April 3, a student-majority Peabody school committee approved measures to split mixed-level foreign language classes, add school ID security measures and pursue hiring a second high-school librarian; the committee asked staff to return feasibility and cost details.
A student-majority Peabody School Committee meeting on April 3 adopted three motions aimed at classroom organization, building security and library staffing while asking staff to return cost and feasibility information.
The student committee voted to expand the foreign-language program so teachers won’t have to cover multiple levels in a single class, passed a motion to pursue an updated school ID–based security system with bathroom passes and lunch scanning, and approved exploring hiring a second librarian at the high school to increase student access to library resources.
The foreign-language motion was motivated by students who said mixed-level classes — for example Spanish 4 with AP Spanish students in the same…
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