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Tallawanda High Best Buddies presents inclusion work; diversity and equity committee narrows focus
Summary
Best Buddies representatives from Tallawanda High School described 11 friendship matches, 57 members, and upcoming events; the district's diversity and equity committee reported it will focus on recruiting diverse staff and fostering student engagement with diversity initiatives.
Members of the Tallawanda High School Best Buddies chapter presented to the board on Dec. 19, describing the program's peer-mentoring matches and its emphasis on inclusion.
Ashley Sammons, an English teacher and the chapter's faculty advisor, told the board Tallawanda's chapter had 11 one-to-one friendship matches this year and 57 total members. Student leaders described activities including a spring social/dance, participation in the Cincinnati Friendship Walk, and schoolwide events such as trunk-or-treating…
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