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Community speakers urge pilot resiliency program; some warn against planned student walkouts
Summary
Public commenters asked the board to consider piloting 'Speak Life' resiliency programming and raised concerns about planned student walkouts and district supervision; a teacher also described insurance and medication access problems.
Several members of the public used the Feb. 3 Seminole County School Board meeting to press two issues: a request to pilot a bullying- and suicide-prevention program, and community concerns about planned student walkouts during instructional time.
Dan Bird, CEO of Speak Life and Bullying, described a three-tier model that begins with a film and Q&A followed by classroom lessons and optional deeper modules. Bird said the program has worked with districts in Florida and elsewhere and requested the board consider a small…
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