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Student and parent urge district to reconsider 30‑minute lunches and fix attendance scanners
Summary
A student and a parent told the Green Bay Area Public School District board that a proposed shift to 30‑minute lunches would harm students’ mental health and social time, and raised problems with district ID‑card scanners that they say record incorrect absences.
Jackson DeGrave, a 15‑year‑old student, told the Green Bay Area Public School District board during public comment that cutting lunches to 30 minutes would worsen student mental health and deprive him of crucial time with friends. “We get nothing at all,” Jackson said, arguing that shorter lunches leave students with insufficient time to eat, wait in lines and decompress.
Jackson also criticized the district’s ID‑card scanners, saying repeated errors have marked…
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