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Students showcase volunteer program; board hears website upgrade and bus‑fleet options
Summary
Students from the junior high Community Action Program described monthly volunteer projects. The board also reviewed a proposed ADA‑compliant website with an AI chatbot, approved a two‑year variable fuel contract, and asked staff to return with bus‑lease/purchase options for 21 buses coming off lease.
Students from the Community Action Program (CAP) described projects they run throughout the year and asked the board to support the student volunteers. Jill Kyle, a junior high social worker who oversees CAP, said the program includes about 20–25 seventh and eighth graders who do one community event a month, from visiting the Glenwood nursing home to helping set up Salvation Army banquets in Champaign‑Urbana. Student presenters — Vivian, Presley, Brianne and Joshua — told trustees the program builds leadership skills and…
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