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Peabody student committee adopts daily advisory, OKs half-day parent conferences and rejects stricter graduation rule
Summary
At Student Government Day, a student-run school committee voted to add daily advisory periods and to hold half-day parent-teacher conferences (with a virtual priority). A proposal to require four years of all core classes was rejected after debate over electives and equity.
Student leaders meeting as the Peabody student-run school committee voted to require daily advisory periods and to adopt half-day parent-teacher conferences, but they declined a proposal to raise graduation requirements to four years of every core subject.
The committee amended an initial motion on schedule changes to keep daily advisory only; the superintendent of schools, Dr. Josh Vedala, told the committee he supported daily advisory as a beneficial part of the school day. "There is so much talent in this room," Dr. Vedala said, urging the committee to provide students in-school time to…
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