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Big Brothers Big Sisters says ‘Lehi Up’ mentoring at scale reduces absenteeism and disciplinary events

5811939 · September 22, 2025
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Big Brothers Big Sisters described Lehi Up, a school‑embedded mentoring model that assigns trained, paid mentors to entire grade levels; early results show large reductions in chronic absenteeism and disciplinary incidents in participating schools.

Big Brothers Big Sisters described an expanded, school‑embedded mentoring model called Lehi Up that places trained mentors and a site supervisor in schools to mentor entire grade cohorts, reporting large reductions in absenteeism and disciplinary events in participating schools.

Kwame Johnson, president and CEO for Big Brothers Big Sisters…

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