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Student council survey and Youth Advocacy Council recommend life skills, current-events discussion and more consistent board engagement
Summary
Board members heard a Youth Advocacy Council report May 14 that urged more real‑world connections in classwork, more classroom discussion of current events and expanded life‑skills learning, and recommended a more consistent board‑student engagement model.
The Albany County School District #1 board received a report on May 14 from the Youth Advocacy Council (YAC) summarizing student priorities and outreach methods, including short surveys sent to students across the district.
Chair Bear reported the council’s final meeting of the year drew about 15 students and that the YAC used short surveys to gather broader input. "A second theme was a desire for more discussions about current events," she said. Students voiced varied interests in global, national, state and local…
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