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Students tell board wrestling, weight room, knowledge team and AVID boost confidence and engagement
Summary
RA Long student representative and AVID seniors described athletic, academic and social benefits of after‑school programs and AVID; board members praised the student speakers and discussed program expansion and credit options.
Brooklyn Stevens, the RA Long High School student representative, and two AVID seniors spoke to the Longview School District board on Dec. 9 about the wrestling program, the school’s knowledge (quiz) team, the weight room and the AVID college‑and‑career readiness program.
Brooklyn Stevens said the wrestling program “involves not just Lumberjacks, but it also involves Monarchs for the girls' team,” praised team leadership and coaches’ attention to safety, and described a supportive sideline culture at a Dec. 3…
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