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Candidates highlight student advisers and Tiger Cabinet as routes for student voice
Summary
Forum participants described existing mechanisms for student participation — a student adviser to the board, Tiger Cabinet and public comment — and urged board members to visit classrooms and listen informally to students. Candidates emphasized bringing quieter students into conversations, not only the loudest voices.
Candidates at the Granite Falls School Board forum described concrete ways students can be included in decisions that affect their education: a student adviser to the board, school-based board representatives, Tiger Cabinet and the district's public comment process.
"You all have a name to play in front of you that says student adviser to the board," Peter Ledoux, incumbent board president and candidate for District 1, told the student audience, encouraging students to…
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