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Student board member proposes peer-mentoring program to ease ninth-grade transition
Summary
Chloe Franklin, a junior and student board member, presented a peer-mentor and orientation-leader pilot for Beacon High School proposing 11th–12th-grade mentors paired with incoming ninth-graders, monthly meetings, and a June orientation sign-up; year-one costs are estimated at about $2,500 and the administration said budget funding will be included for the pilot.
Chloe Franklin, a junior at Beacon High School and a student member of the Beacon City School District Board of Education, presented a peer mentoring and orientation-leader program during the board's March 9 workshop. Franklin said the program would pair 11th- and 12th-grade mentors with incoming ninth-grade mentees, using a June orientation sign-up and a matching survey to…
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