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District proposes student advisory committee to give students formal voice; plan would implement in fall 2025
Summary
Lynn Public Schools presented a plan to implement its statutory student school committee (policy JIB) by forming a Student Advisory Committee (SAC) drawn from high schools; the district aims to elect a student representative to the school committee and schedule regular meetings beginning September 2025.
District attorneys and administrators presented a plan on March 27 to bring the district into compliance with state law and existing policy requiring a student-elected school committee representative.
Charlie Gallo, compliance officer, reviewed the statutory requirements: a student school committee must meet at least once every other month, consist of five students elected by their high-school peers, and select among themselves a chair who serves as a nonvoting…
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