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Counselors and parents ask board to reinstate work experience program and fill teacher vacancies
Summary
Counselors from Edison and Stagg high schools and multiple parents urged the board to reinstate the Work Experience program, saying its elimination reduces credit and work-readiness opportunities and that decentralized permitting weakens oversight.
Counselors and parents told the board that eliminating the district’s Work Experience program removed an established pathway for students to earn extra credits and gain supervised workplace experience.
Barbara Greenwood, a longtime counselor at Edison High School, presented participation figures for Edison (81 in 2019–20, 27 in 2020, 44 in 2021–22 and…
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