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Community conversation yielded volunteer ideas and calls for targeted outreach; board assigns follow-up to outreach work group
Summary
A facilitated community conversation produced ideas on volunteer engagement, internships and belonging; the board discussed representation gaps and directed the outreach work group to prepare follow-up communications and next steps.
The Stoughton Area School District's recent community conversation drew about 60 attendees and generated themes the board said it will use to inform future outreach and partnership efforts.
Lynn Breedlove, facilitator for the session, presented a summary of small-group notes and told the board that turnout included a cross section of school personnel, parents, business leaders and board members. "I think you had 60 people, and you had seemed like you had a nice cross section of school personnel, and, of course, whole school board, but also some business leaders, some parents," Breedlove said. He summarized the session's results as a mix of "ideas that can make things better" and repeated suggestions for how the community could support district goals.
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