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Malden candidates push internships, life skills and career fairs to support post‑high‑school transitions
Summary
Candidates said Malden schools should expand career pathways, reinstate internship programs and teach life skills such as financial literacy to help students transition from high school to adulthood.
Candidates at the youth-led forum said the district should expand career-focused programming, internships and life-skills instruction to better prepare students for adulthood, whether or not they attend college.
Dawn Macklin said she has met with the superintendent about pathways for students and proposed hosting a career and college fair in Malden: "One of the things that I would love to do, during my next term, if I'm…
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