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Students urge more college advising and describe problems with school meals at board meeting
Summary
A recent Frontier Central School District meeting included public comments from students: one called for stronger, earlier college-admissions support districtwide; a third-grader described unappealing or insufficient cafeteria meals. The board acknowledged the remarks and will consider follow-up.
Two student public comments framed different but related concerns about student supports at Frontier Central schools.
William Magus, a recent graduate now in college, told the board he was "here not for any negative reason, but I have a couple of things that I wanna say for the future of this high school," and urged the district to provide more consistent college-admissions guidance. "I don't believe there's enough support for students to get into colleges, to win scholarships, and to navigate this process at this school," he said, adding that effective college-preparation work should start well before junior year.
Ansley Chekhobowski, a third-grade student, described specific school-meal problems and how they affect classmates. On the cheeseburger, she said the new version "had a flat patty and the bun was like a flat bridal with brown sprouts coming out of it," and said breakfast items were sometimes inedible: "It had the toast. It was so hard I could not even bite it. The eggs was cold the eggs were cold and burnt." Ansley said some students bring food from home and that "some kids don't have food in their fridge to eat when they are hungry."
The board thanked both students for their comments. The student achievement committee chair noted William's remarks would be part of future strategic-plan discussions on graduation pathways and supports. The meeting record does not show a formal board policy change at this session; the comments were entered into the public-record privilege-of-the-floor process and the board said administration would follow up where appropriate.
No formal motions or votes were taken specifically to alter counseling services or food-service menus in this meeting; however, the board later approved a contract for a food-service consultant (see separate coverage) that could bear on the cafeteria concerns.
The record shows the board asks public commenters not to name private individuals and limits remarks to three minutes.
