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Student advisory members ask board to expand "Project Tree" access, applaud changes to enrichment
Summary
Two seventh-grade student advisory board members told the board Project Tree and enrichment placements have reduced instructional time and peer-group opportunities; they thanked the administration for changes to elementary routing that stop bussing for those programs.
Two seventh-grade student advisory board members told the Evergreen Park ESD 124 board on March 19 that the district's Project Tree enrichment program has caused students to lose instructional time and has limited peer relationships for some pupils, and they urged continued changes to expand access.
Student advisory board member Cameron Brennan and student advisory board member Marielle Scudder spoke at the start of the board's staff-report section, describing how earlier versions of Project Tree required some students to travel to another school or arrive early for a single class, which led to missed assemblies and specials for some students.
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