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Kennedy Bailey Academy students tell Danville board about volunteer projects, library and advisory work
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Kennedy Bailey Academy assistant principal Jamie Scovern introduced a student advisory board; teacher Kendra Free and eighth-grader Amaya Larkin described service projects, a new library, and a 10–12 member advisory council and asked for a regular student report to the board.
Jamie Scovern, assistant principal at Kennedy Bailey Academy, introduced the KDBA student advisory board at the Danville CCSD 118 meeting and said the group has focused on community service and school-improvement projects this year.
Kendra Free, the middle-school social studies teacher who helps lead the student council, told the board the advisory group conducted surveys to identify student priorities, helped secure a library during a recent renovation, and runs a check-in/check-out system so students reserve and manage books. Free said the team also organized volunteer activities including a Santa Shop that distributed donated gifts, food-drive unloading, and veteran-support events that included breakfasts and handmade cards.
Eighth-grader Amaya Larkin, a student-advisory member, said her favorite part of the work "has been volunteering for everybody and just helping people all along." The board praised the students' communication and leadership efforts and asked that a student-advisory representative appear regularly on future agendas to report on activities.
The school and several board members noted the advisory council currently has about 10–12 members and that the program includes an application and selection process requiring a permission slip and a brief self-reflection; the district and teacher sponsors said the selection process aims to ensure commitment.
Board members complimented the students' presentations and encouraged continued engagement between student representatives and the board.
