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Students press school leaders on teacher pay, directed study and PE credit for athletes
Summary
Middle- and high-school students used public participation to present a civics fair and propose policy changes: a student survey on teacher pay, a proposal to redesign RJ Gray directed study into choice activities, and a request that after-school athletics count toward PE requirements for grades 10–12.
Several students addressed the Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee during public participation with project presentations and policy suggestions.
Sana, a seventh-grader, presented a civics-fair poster arguing teachers at her school work long days for modest pay and described a school survey in which 100% of responding teachers said they relied on a second income to live near Acton and 77.8% of teachers reported feeling financially unstable. Sana suggested community awareness…
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