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Clearwater board to retain 2020 student selections for 2021 exchanges; discusses hardship scholarship outreach
Summary
Board said students selected for 2020 exchanges will be carried forward to 2021 pending family confirmation; members discussed outreach and eligibility for two $1,850 hardship scholarships the city set aside for young ambassadors.
City staff and board members told the Clearwater Sister Cities Advisory Board on Oct. 22 that annual exchanges for high school, middle school (young ambassadors) and teachers were disrupted by COVID-19 and that selected students from 2020 are being offered priority for 2021. Christopher Albert said he will verify with families in January whether students still wish to travel and to coordinate orientation schedules.
Board members discussed the Young Ambassadors program and a hardship scholarship the city council previously set aside: the council allocated $3,700…
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