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Student advisory outlines phone policy pilot, wellness steps, AP course requests and a new student navigation website
Summary
Student advisory council presented survey-backed recommendations on phone-storage pouches, mental-health access, expanding AP options at smaller schools and a student-facing integration website; trustees praised the work and discussed next steps for district follow-up.
Student members of the Jefferson Union High School District’s Student Advisory Council presented a year‑end report to the board on May 1 that combined short, data-driven projects and practical recommendations for district leaders.
The school-environment group described surveys and local pilots of “Yonder pouches” — phone-storage pouches used at Terra Nova — and said teachers reported improved focus. “Eighty‑eight percent of teachers mentioned improve their students’ focus as a 4 or 5 on a scale of 1 to 5,” student presenter Angela Chin said, citing teacher survey responses and comments about reduced off‑task behavior. The…
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