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Council weighs options as student-commission recruitment proves difficult
Summary
City recorder Rachel Thomas told council student commissioner seats remain hard to fill; council members favored a code change to allow an adult to fill a student seat when recruitment fails.
City Recorder Rachel Thomas told the Newberg City Council on Oct. 20 that recruiting and retaining student commissioners for advisory boards has been inconsistent and that staff is proposing code changes if the council wants to respond.
Thomas said attendance problems can be addressed under current rules—students who miss 25% or more of meetings may be removed—but recruitment remains a chronic issue. "For students who don't show up, we've got a really easy fix for this that's…
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