Student Voice Committee presents website project and urges greater student role
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Student presenters told the Franklin County Board of Education they worked with district staff and educators on a high school website project and asked the board to include student voices in developing the district's new learner portrait and decision-making processes.
Student presenters representing several school clubs told the Franklin County Board of Education they had worked across the district this year to help shape curriculum and projects and to provide a formal student decision-making role. "Our purpose is to collaborate with district and school leaders," a student presenter said, describing the group's aim to "advocate for student needs and concerns" and "influence funding decisions to support student initiatives." The presenters said they completed a high-school website project that was shared with high-school administrators.
The students credited educators Haley Huff, a science instructor at Western Hills, and Rebecca Giles, the district's gifted-and-talented instructor for middle and high school, for mentoring work on the website and helping coach fourth- and eighth-grade representatives for presentations. Board members thanked the students for their work and invited the Student Voice Committee to participate in developing the district's new portrait-of-a-learner and accessibility efforts.
The presentation concluded with the superintendent and board acknowledging the students' contributions and encouraging continued participation; no board action was required.