High‑school students to pilot RIASEC career‑readiness survey after committee review

Dr. Bobser told the education committee that four high‑school representatives from the League of Innovative Schools (named Savannah, Allison, Frank and Lucy) designed a research project to examine how RIASEC career‑theme connections could be better integrated into classroom learning. "I'm here to, on their behalf, to see if we could survey our students at the high school level," Dr. Bobser said, describing a voluntary, anonymous instrument the students want to field and promising that they would return to the board with findings at the end of the school year.

The committee and staff discussed quality‑control steps for the student survey. Administration said the survey would be reviewed internally and suggested working with the district's AP research teacher to vet questions. "Make it hard hitting, make it, like, not just some invention of stupid questions," one board member warned, urging careful question design and a possible staged rollout.

The committee expressed general support for moving the proposal forward with the safeguards described: internal administrative review, input from the AP research teacher or facilitators from the League of Innovative Schools, and the voluntary/anonymous nature of participation. The chair asked for support to move the item forward; the committee voiced assent and staff said they would present a formal request to the full board for authorization to distribute the survey.

What happens next: Staff will finalize the proposed survey questions with input from internal reviewers and the AP research teacher, present the instrument and rollout plan to the board for approval, and the student team said it will return to the committee with results and recommendations at the end of the school year.